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Performance Reconstruction and Spanish Golden Age Drama

Reviving and Revising the Comedia

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  • © 2014

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  1. Laura L. Vidler
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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History (PSTPH)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Critical Theory and the Reconstruction of Early Modern Performance

    • Laura L. Vidler
    Pages 1-8

  3. Revisiting Comedia Reconstruction in a Revisionist Performance Environment

    • Laura L. Vidler
    Pages 9-23

  4. The Habitus of Corral Scenic Space

    • Laura L. Vidler
    Pages 25-54

  5. (Re)Placing the Corral Body: Problematizing Semiotics and Gesture

    • Laura L. Vidler
    Pages 55-73

  6. Staging the Object

    • Laura L. Vidler
    Pages 75-106

  7. Women/Objects on the Modern and Early Modern Stage: Two Exceptional Case Studies

    • Laura L. Vidler
    Pages 107-121

  8. Adaptation, Translation, and the Relevance of Classical Theatrical Performance

    • Laura L. Vidler
    Pages 123-139

  9. Theory Performance

    • Laura L. Vidler
    Pages 141-151

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 153-187
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About this book

Spanish Golden Age drama has resurfaced in recent years, however scholarly analysis has not kept pace with its popularity. This book problematizes and analyzes the approaches to staging reconstruction taken over the past few decades, including historical, semiotic, anthropological, cultural, structural, cognitive and phenomenological methods.

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“Vidler’s encounter with theory, and her insight into the «dislocation» of inanimate objects on stage in representative … will likely stimulate further thought amongst scholars and students, and perhaps even interest directors and other theatre practitioners involved in staging —or «reconstructing»— these and other early modern plays for postmodern audiences.” (Susan L. Fischer, Anuario Lope de Vega, revistes.uab.cat, Vol. 24, 2018)

“Laura L. Vidler’s … draws so productively on the state of knowledge about early modern English original practices … . would be a salutary exercise for anyone interested in either original or contemporary performance practices not only in Spain but also in England. … Early modern theater scholars who have not already worked out the radical potential of our field would do well to consult Vidler’s lucid and persuasive vindication. … is a manifesto for the field as a whole.” (Kathryn Prince, Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 33, Winter, 2015)


"This book is an excellent analysis of the theories and staging practices of Spanish Golden Age Drama. After observing that research of the staging of the Spanish comedia did not begin until the late 1950s, Vidler underlines the fact that the first studies dedicated to the staging of Spanish comedia were mainly based on deductive techniques and the gathering of documentary evidence provided by lease agreements, company ledgers, and repair orders. Readers will learn to better appreciate Spanish Golden Age Drama and will also be able to enjoy the actual performance of each play, seeing the props, the movements of the actors, and the imaginary of physical theatrical space with a new lens. Above all, they will be able to better grasp a culture and worldview very different form their own." - Manuel Delgado, Program Director, Bucknell en España, Bucknell University, USA

About the author

Laura Vidler is Professor of Spanish and Chair of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of South Dakota, USA

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