SIXTH HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Theater on the Stage and the Page

 

Due electronically by 5 PM, November 5. Send to <21H.418-students>:

 

1) What incentives existed to print play texts in the 1480-1630 period? What disincentives?

2) In what ways does the experience of reading a play in print differ from that of seeing it performed onstage? Which is the richer experience? (You can draw on your own experience or this week's readings in your response.)