Performing Identity: Early Modern Players and the Crafting of Professional Legitimacy

dc.contributor.advisor	Villani, Stefano	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Spitz-Lieberman, Rachel	en_US
dc.contributor.department	History	en_US
dc.contributor.publisher	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland	en_US
dc.contributor.publisher	University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-11T05:37:24Z
dc.date.available	2014-10-11T05:37:24Z
dc.date.issued	2014	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Professional theater developed in Europe during the sixteenth century. Though it quickly became a popular form of entertainment, some viewed professional actors with skepticism and hostility. This thesis seeks to contextualize hostile responses to the theater and professional player by examining the social, religious, and economic conditions perceived by critics of the theater. This thesis begins with an examination of the commedia dell'arte and Jesuit school dramas to gain a broader understanding of perceptions of theater across social and religious boundaries. It then turns to England for a close examination of anti-theatrical literature and the methods players employed to craft an aura of professional respectability that contradicted the claims of their detractors.	en_US
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/M2488P
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/15701
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolled	History	en_US
dc.title	Performing Identity: Early Modern Players and the Crafting of Professional Legitimacy	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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