Gaming the Stage: Playable Media and the Rise of English Commercial Theater

Rich connections between gaming and theater stretch back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when England's first commercial theaters appeared right next door to gaming houses and blood-sport arenas. In the first book-length exploration of gaming in the early modern period, Gina Bloom shows that th...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2018
Series:Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
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