Bøker av Jerzy Limon

This innovative, theoretical work focuses on temporal issues in theatre and the 'chemistry' of theatre - the ways in which a variety of factors in performance combine to make up what we call 'theatre'. Discussing a range of canonical plays, from Shakespeare to Beckett, the book makes a unique contribution to theatre and performance studies.

Dr Limon examines a group of plays from 1623-1624, which allude to contemporary political issues. They seem to be components of a propaganda campaign for Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham. This book demonstrates how the plays obtained a censor's licence and also managed to convey appropriate political messages.

This is the first book of its kind in English. It is a comprehensive and scrupulously researched account of the theatrical activity, of professional groups of players who left England for Central and Eastern Europe between the years 1590 and 1660.