The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.0842 Tuesday, 18 April 2000.
From: Peter Groves <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 18 Apr 2000 12:22:37 +1000
Subject: 11.0817 Re: Doubling
Comment: Re: SHK 11.0817 Re: Doubling
> I seem to recall a book or a paper that someone had published, laying
> out which characters in Shakespeare's plays were doubled (roles played
> by the same actor within each production.) Does anyone know of such a
> tome?
> > Billy Houck
You may be thinking of _From text to performance in the Elizabethan
theatre: preparing the play for the stage_ by David Bradley (Cambridge;
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992). It's the culmination of a
life's work on the theory of doubling.
Peter Groves
Department of English
Monash
