This 1923 book studies the development of English staging during the Renaissance, and its relationship with the classical revival of stage decoration in Italy.

Renaissance Fun is about the technology of Renaissance entertainments in stage machinery and theatrical special effects; in gardens and fountains; and in the au

Original and thought-provoking, this collection sheds new light on an important yet understudied feature of seventeenth-century England's political and cultural

Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's