‘Two Armies flye in…’: Battle scenes in English Renaissance theatre
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‘Two Armies flye in…’ : Battle scenes in English Renaissance theatre. / Dahl, Christian.
I: Orbis Litterarum, Bind 78, Nr. 5, 2023, s. 368-383.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Two Armies flye in…’
T2 - Battle scenes in English Renaissance theatre
AU - Dahl, Christian
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - One of the most spectacular characteristics of English Renaissance theatre is the propensity for battle scenes. Between 1576 and 1616, battle scenes appear in a third of all surviving plays and, judging from the titles, the fre- quency may have been even higher in the lost plays. The popularity of battle scenes is indicative both of early mod- ern fascination with history as spectacle and of the im- minence of contemporary warfare, especially in the final decades of the reign of Elizabeth I. Based on quantitative studies, this paper offers a survey of the evolution and pro- liferation of battle scenes in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and I will critically assess the gen- eral assumption that battle scenes eventually waned from the early modern stage as a consequence of the ascent to the throne of the peace-seeking James I. For reasons to be discussed, it is quite unlikely that James's doctrine on foreign politics had any significant effect on the staging of war in theatre.
AB - One of the most spectacular characteristics of English Renaissance theatre is the propensity for battle scenes. Between 1576 and 1616, battle scenes appear in a third of all surviving plays and, judging from the titles, the fre- quency may have been even higher in the lost plays. The popularity of battle scenes is indicative both of early mod- ern fascination with history as spectacle and of the im- minence of contemporary warfare, especially in the final decades of the reign of Elizabeth I. Based on quantitative studies, this paper offers a survey of the evolution and pro- liferation of battle scenes in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and I will critically assess the gen- eral assumption that battle scenes eventually waned from the early modern stage as a consequence of the ascent to the throne of the peace-seeking James I. For reasons to be discussed, it is quite unlikely that James's doctrine on foreign politics had any significant effect on the staging of war in theatre.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - early modern theatre
KW - Shakespeare (William)
KW - War and art
KW - literary history
KW - stage direction
U2 - 10.1111/oli.12404
DO - 10.1111/oli.12404
M3 - Journal article
VL - 78
SP - 368
EP - 383
JO - Orbis Litterarum
JF - Orbis Litterarum
SN - 0105-7510
IS - 5
ER -
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