Theatre of the Book 1480-1880

Introduction; I. PRINTING THE DRAMA; 1. Experimenting on the page, 1480-1630; 2. Drama as institution, 1630-1760; 3. Illustrations, promptbooks, stage texts, 1760-1880; II. THEATRE IMPRIMATUR; 4. Reinventing 'theatre' via the printing press; 5. Critical law, theatrical licence; 6. Accurate texts, authoritative editions; III. THE SENSES OF MEDIA; 7. The sense of the senses: sounds, gesture and the body on stage; 8. Narrative form and theatrical illusions; 9. Framing space: time, perspective, and motion in the image; IV. THE COMMERCE OF LETTERS; 10. Dramatists, poets, and other scribblers; 11. Who owns the play? Pirate, plagiarist, imitator, thief; 12. Making it public; V. THEATRICAL IMPRESSIONS; 13. Scenic pictures; 14. Actor/author; 15. A theatre too much with us; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Julie Stone Peters is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University NY. Her publications include Congreve, the Drama, and the Printed Word (Standford UP 1990) and, with Andrea Wolper, Women's Rights, Human Rights: International Feminist Perspectives (Routledge 1995).

... a wide-ranging, ambitious, and intellectually-impressive volume ... One cannot but admire the ambition of this study ... well-informed and impressively scholarly ... The Theatre of the Book teaches us much about publishing and drama in Europe over the course of four centuries and helps us to understand their intertwined relationship. It is a formidable piece of work. Early Modern Literary Studies ... remarkable and wide-ranging. Peter Holland, Times Literary Supplement