Gaming the stage : : playable media and the rise of English commercial theater / / Gina Bloom.
Rich connections between gaming and theater stretch back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when England's first commercial theaters appeared right next door to gaming houses and blood-sport arenas. In the first book-length exploration of gaming in the early modern period, Gina Bloom shows that th...
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Superior document: | Theater: Theory/Text/Performance |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ann Arbor, Michigan : : University of Michigan Press,, [2018] |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Theater--theory/text/performance.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) :); color illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Gaming history
- Cards : imperfect information and male friendship
- Backgammon : space and scopic dominance
- Chess : performative history and dynastic marriage.