The Show Within: Dramatic and Other Insets : English Renaissance Drama (1550-1642) : Proceedings of the International Conference Held in Montpellier, 22-25 Novembre 1990, Volume 2François Laroque Université Paul-Valéry--Montpellier III, Centre dʼétudes et de recherches élisabéthaines, 1992 - Drama - 468 pages |
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Page 322
... Volpone is unsurpassed as an actor , Mosca's real forte is not performance : his stage craft is that of the stage manager , the director , and the stage author13 , who only pretends to be a mere actor in order to flatter his master's ...
... Volpone is unsurpassed as an actor , Mosca's real forte is not performance : his stage craft is that of the stage manager , the director , and the stage author13 , who only pretends to be a mere actor in order to flatter his master's ...
Page 325
... Volpone tries to step into the role of author by planning a « jig » ( V.2.59 ) , a low burlesque afterpiece with comic eavesdropping and rustic disguise . He even starts to direct ... Volpone's concern that his art Metadrama in Volpone 325.
... Volpone tries to step into the role of author by planning a « jig » ( V.2.59 ) , a low burlesque afterpiece with comic eavesdropping and rustic disguise . He even starts to direct ... Volpone's concern that his art Metadrama in Volpone 325.
Page 326
... Volpone's concern that his art of imitation should be indistinguishable from reality becomes highly ironic . « Am I then like him [ the Commendatore ] ? » he has asked Mosca , whose approval « 0 , sir , you are he : / No man can sever ...
... Volpone's concern that his art of imitation should be indistinguishable from reality becomes highly ironic . « Am I then like him [ the Commendatore ] ? » he has asked Mosca , whose approval « 0 , sir , you are he : / No man can sever ...
Contents
Michael HATTAWAY The Story of Gloucester in King Lear | 217 |
Spectacle | 235 |
Pierre SPRIET The Winters Tale or The Staging of An Absence | 253 |
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