Overview
All four figures in this volume have been
canonized as central to 'stage-centred' Shakespearean scholarship and
stage practice. From William Poel's reproductions of early modern stages
in the late nineteenth century to Sam Wanamaker's reconstruction of the
Globe on London's South Bank, they all viewed Shakespeare's plays as
being enmeshed in the social and historical dynamics of theatremaking
and theatregoing. The volume considers how their attempts to recapture
early modern performance conditions can be considered progressive.