Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1621 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Renaissance Theatre
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The idea
Plays were written for a commercial playhouse, performed in daylight on a bare stage with no scenery and with boys in women's parts. Every one of those conditions shows in the texts: places are named in speech, and disguise plots exploit the casting.
In practice
Bare stage, daylight, boy actors.
Where people slip
The conditions show in the text.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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