How Long to Read Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre

How Long Does it Take to Read Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre by Douglas Bruster

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This eye-opening study draws attention to the largely neglected form of the early modern prologue. Reading the prologue in performed as well as printed contexts, Douglas Bruster and Robert Weimann take us beyond concepts of stability and autonomy in dramatic beginnings to reveal the crucial cultural functions performed by the prologue in Elizabethan England. While its most basic task is to seize the attention of a noisy audience, the prologue's more significant threshold position is used to usher spectators and actors through a rite of passage. Engaging competing claims, expectations and offerings, the prologue introduces, authorizes and, critically, straddles the worlds of the actual theatrical event and the 'counterfeit' world on stage. In this way, prologues occupy a unique and powerful position between two orders of cultural practice and perception. Close readings of prologues by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, including Marlowe, Peele and Lyly, demonstrate the prologue's role in representing both the world in the play and playing in the world. Through their detailed examination of this remarkable form and its functions, the authors provide a fascinating perspective on early modern drama, a perspective that enriches our knowledge of the plays' socio-cultural context and their mode of theatrical address and action.

How long is Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre?

Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre by Douglas Bruster is 221 pages long, and a total of 55,471 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 3 minutes to read Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre aloud.

What Reading Level is Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre?

Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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