Games and Theatre in Shakespeare's England

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2021

Games and Theatre in Shakespeare's England

Edited by: Tom Bishop , Gina Bloom and Erika T. Lin

Volume 3 in the series Cultures of Play

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048553525

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About this book

Games and Theatre in Shakespeare's England brings together theories of play and game with theatre and performance to produce new understandings of the history and design of early modern English drama. Through literary analysis and embodied practice, an international team of distinguished scholars examines a wide range of games—from dicing to bowling to role-playing to videogames—to uncover their fascinating ramifications for the stage in Shakespeare’s era and our own. Foregrounding ludic elements challenges the traditional view of drama as principally mimesis, or imitation, revealing stageplays to be improvisational experiments and participatory explorations into the motive, means, and value of recreation. Delving into both canonical masterpieces and hidden gems, this innovative volume stakes a claim for play as the crucial link between games and early modern theatre, and for the early modern theatre as a critical site for unraveling the continued cultural significance and performative efficacy of gameplay today.

Author / Editor information

Bishop Tom :

Tom Bishop is Professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.Bloom Gina :

Gina Bloom is Professor of English at the University of California, Davis.Lin Erika T. :

Erika T. Lin is Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance at the Graduate Center, CUNY.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Introduction Tom Bishop, Gina Bloom and Erika T. Lin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Part I
1. The Player’s Game Stephen Purcell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
2. “The Madnes of Tenys” and the Commercialization of Pastimes in Early Tudor London David Kathman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
3. The Roll of the Dice and the Whims of Fate in Sixteenth-Century Morality Drama Katherine Steele Brokaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
4. “The games afoote” Heather Hirschfeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Part II
5. Playing with Paradoxes in Troilus and Cressida Patricia Badir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
6. Bowling Alone, or The Whole Point of No Return Paul Menzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
7. Playing (in) the Streets Marissa Greenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Part III
8. The Moods of Gamification in The Tempest Ellen MacKay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
9. Videogames and Hamlet Rebecca Bushnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
10. Shakespeare Videogames, Adaptation/ Appropriation , and Collaborative Reception Geoffrey Way Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
11. Shakespeare, Game, and Play in Digital Pedagogical Shakespeare Games Jennifer Roberts-Smith and Shawn DeSouza-Coelho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Epilogue: Field of Play Natasha Korda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 332
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Drama; theatre; play; games; early modern

eBook

Published: October 5, 2021
ISBN: 9789048553525