Spanish Golden Age drama has resurfaced in recent years, however scholarly analysis has not kept pace with its popularity. This book problematizes and analyzes the approaches to staging reconstruction taken over the past few decades, including historical, semiotic, anthropological, cultural, structural, cognitive and phenomenological methods.

Vidler's encounter with theory, and her insight into the «dislocation» of inanimate objects on stage in representative will likely stimulate further thought amongst scholars and students, and perhaps even interest directors and other theatre practitioners involved in staging or «reconstructing» these and other early modern plays for postmodern audiences. (Susan L. Fischer, Anuario Lope de Vega, revistes.uab.cat, Vol. 24, 2018)

Laura L. Vidler's draws so productively on the state of knowledge about early modern English original practices . would be a salutary exercise for anyone interested in either original or contemporary performance practices not only in Spain but also in England. Early modern theater scholars who have not already worked out the radical potential of our field would do well to consult Vidler's lucid and persuasive vindication. is a manifesto for the field as a whole. (Kathryn Prince, Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 33, Winter, 2015)

Autorentext
Laura Vidler is Professor of Spanish and Chair of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of South Dakota, USA

Inhalt
Introduction: Critical Theory and the Reconstruction of Early Modern Performance 1. Revisiting Comedia Reconstruction in a Revisionist Performance Environment 2. The Habitus of Corral Scenic Space 3. (Re)Placing the Corral Body 4. Staging the Object 5. Women/Objects on the Modern and Early Modern Stage: Two Exceptional Case Studies 6. Adaptation, Translation, and the Relevance of Classical Theatrical Performance 7. Theory Performance