Theatre and testimony in Shakespeare's England : a culture of mediation /
"Holger Syme presents a radically new explanation for the theatre's importance in Shakespeare's time. He portrays early modern England as a culture of mediation, dominated by transactions in which one person stood in for another, giving voice to absent speakers or bringing past events...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the authenticity of mediation
- 1. Trial representations: live and scripted testimony in criminal prosecutions
- 2. Judicial digest: Edward Coke reads the Essex papers
- 3. Performance anxiety: bringing scripts to life in court and on stage
- 4. Royal depositions: Richard II, early modern historiography, and the authority of deferral
- 5. The reporter's presence: narrative as theatre in The Winter's Tale
- Epilogue: the theatre of the twice-told tale
- Select bibliography
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the authenticity of mediation; 1. Trial representations: live and scripted testimony in criminal prosecutions; 2. Judicial digest: Edward Coke reads the Essex papers; 3. Performance anxiety: bringing scripts to life in court and on stage; 4. Royal depositions: Richard II, early modern historiography, and the authority of deferral; 5. The reporter's presence: narrative as theatre in The Winter's Tale; Epilogue: the theatre of the twice-told tale; Select bibliography