Time for Shakespeare: Hourglasses, sundials, clocks, and early modern theatre

Like a number of other prologues of the early modern period, the prologue to Romeo and Juliet is clear about the length of time its play will take in performance. Two hours. But how literal is that claim? This article will question whether plays ever habitually took two hours to perform. It will loo...

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Auteur principal: Stern, T
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: British Academy 2015

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