Renaissance Theatre

<p>First published in 1999, this volume examines iconography, nature, gardens, staging, tradition and innovation in the Renaissance theatre, continuing the growing interest in relationships between image and performance as a fertile field for theatre research. Papers explored areas including <i>The Tempest</i>, Elizabeth Cary, Antonia Pulci and Shakespeare’s Italian nature.</p> <p>1. Shakespeare’s Ambiguous Magic in <i>The Tempest.</i> <i>Bent Holm</i>. 2. Mountebanks, Mummers and Masqueraders in Thomas Platter’s Diary (1595-1600). <i>M. A. Katritzky.</i> 3. The Figure of Desdemona in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Illustrations. <i>Margaret Rose.</i> 4. Alone of All Her Sex: Elizabeth Cary, the Viscountess Falkland. <i>Valerie Lucas.</i> 5. The Portrait of Elizabeth Cary in the Ashmolean Museum: ‘Cross Dressing’ in the English Renaissance. <i>Ronnie Mirkin. </i>6. Shakespeare’s Italian Nature, or, From Garden to Stage. <i>Caroline Patey.</i> 7. ‘What is’t You Lack?’ Comedic Obligations in Middleton’s <i>A Chaste Maid in Cheapside</i>. <i>Andrew Stott.</i> 8. Adjusting the Canon for Later Fifteenth-Century Florence: the Case of Antonia Pulci.<i> Judith Bryce.</i> 9. Venues and Staging in Ruzante’s Theatre: a Practitioner’s Experience. <i>Ronnie Ferguson.</i> 10. <i>Candelaio: la Commedia di un Filosofo.</i> <i>Lia Buono Hodgart. </i>11. ‘<i>La Musica Ben Adattata è l’Anima e ‘l Condito di Tutta la Festa’: </i>Music and Poetry in Michelangelo Buonarroti <i>il giovane</i>’s <i>Il Giudizio di Paride</i> (1608). <i>Janie Cole.</i></p>