Magic on the early English stage
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Publication
2005 - Cambridge University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
73,750 words, Guess
Page Count
295 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3423562M
- ISBN-10052182513X
- OCLC Control Number58563159
- Library of Congress Control Number2005045725
- Goodreads1233439
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- LibraryThing3128657
Classifications
- DDC793.8/0942
- LCCGV1543.3.E54 B48 2005
Description
"Magic on the Early English Stage investigates the performance of magical tricks, illusions, effects and their staged appearance in the medieval and early English theatre. Performers who created such magic were not known as conjurors, as we might refer to them today, but as jugglers. Records concerning jugglers on the medieval stage have been hitherto misunderstood or misapplied. These references to jugglers are reexamined in the light of discussions of 'feats of activity' that also include tumbling, vaulting and 'dancing on the rope'; appearances and disappearances of the 'Now you see it, now you don't' variety and stage versions of these concepts; magic through sound in terms of ventriloquy and sound through pipes; mechanical images and puppets; and stage tricks. Information that has remained dormant since original publication is discussed in relation to jugglers such as Thomas Brandon, the King's Juggler, and William Vincent, alias 'Hocus Pocus'."--Jacket.
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