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Theatre in Handwriting: Hamburg Prompt Book Practices, 1770s-1820s
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Abstract
In German spoken theatre, prompt books used to be written by multiple participants engaging in diverse manuscript practices which continually revise the unfixed literary text within its theatrical context. Based on examples of the vast Hamburg "Theatre-Library" from the 1770s to 1820s, this study pr... view more
In German spoken theatre, prompt books used to be written by multiple participants engaging in diverse manuscript practices which continually revise the unfixed literary text within its theatrical context. Based on examples of the vast Hamburg "Theatre-Library" from the 1770s to 1820s, this study proposes a transdisciplinary approach towards handwritten artefacts in modern European theatre. Martin Jörg Schäfer and Alexander Weinstock examine the many-handed creation, handwritten transformation and often decades of use of prompt books in a time increasingly dominated by print. This perspective changes our notion of theatre history around 1800 as well as that of literature and authorship.... view less
Keywords
literature; theater; Federal Republic of Germany; Hamburg; cultural history; theater arts and sciences; literature (discipline)
Classification
Other Fields of Humanities
Science of Literature, Linguistics
Free Keywords
Manuscripts; Literary Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
274 p.
Series
Theatre Studies, 157
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839469651
ISSN
2747-3198
ISBN
978-3-8394-6965-1
Status
Published Version; reviewed