A Prompt Book Copy of St. Patrick for Ireland at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

A Prompt Book Copy of St. Patrick for Ireland at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

The discovery of a prompt book is an important one for early theatre history in that it gives us clues as to how plays were presented near the time of their original production. This article announces the recent discovery of a prompt book at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. It is of a play by J...

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Main Author: Eva Griffith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2010-04-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/671
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spelling doaj-06c5339101db475e9b240fb60d1e916f2020-11-25T00:46:12ZengInstitut du Monde AnglophoneEtudes Epistémè1634-04502010-04-011710.4000/episteme.671A Prompt Book Copy of St. Patrick for Ireland at the Bibliothèque nationale de FranceEva GriffithThe discovery of a prompt book is an important one for early theatre history in that it gives us clues as to how plays were presented near the time of their original production. This article announces the recent discovery of a prompt book at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. It is of a play by James Shirley (1596-1666) that has long puzzled scholars in relation to dramatic production – St. Patrick for Ireland – first presented in Dublin 1636-40.http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/671
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description The discovery of a prompt book is an important one for early theatre history in that it gives us clues as to how plays were presented near the time of their original production. This article announces the recent discovery of a prompt book at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. It is of a play by James Shirley (1596-1666) that has long puzzled scholars in relation to dramatic production – St. Patrick for Ireland – first presented in Dublin 1636-40.
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