List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Series Preface

Editor's Acknowledgements

Introduction: Culture, Cultural History and Early Modern Theatre
Robert Henke, Washington University, USA

1 Institutional Frameworks: Mapping Theatrical Resources
Tom Bishop,University of Auckland, New Zealand and Robert Henke, Washington University, USA

2. Social Functions: Audience Participation, Efficacious Entertainment
Erika T. Lin, The City University of New York, USA

3. Sexuality and Gender: The Early Modern Theatrical Body
Eric Nicholson, Syracuse University in Florence, Italy

4. The Environment of Theatre: Urbanization and Theatre Building in Early Modern Europe
Karen Newman, Brown University, USA

5. Circulation: Aristocratic, Commercial, Religious and Artistic Networks
Pavel Drábek, University of Hull, UK

6. Interpretations: Antitheatrical Thinking and the Rise of 'Theatre'
Stefan Hulfeld, University of Vienna, Austria

7. Communities of Production: Lives in and out of the Theatre
William N. West, Northwestern University, USA

8. Repertoire and Genre: Culture and Society
Friedemann Kreuder, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

9. Technologies of Performance: From Mystery Plays to the Italian Order
Blair Hoxby, Stanford, USA

10 Knowledge Transmission: Theatre at the Crossroads of Concept, Medium and Practice
Ellen MacKay, Indidana University, USA

Notes

Bibliography

Index