An original investigation into conjuring tricks and stage magic on the medieval stage.

Magical Transformations on the Early Modern Stage furthers the debate about the cultural work performed by representations of magic on the early modern English

Magical Transformations on the Early Modern Stage furthers the debate about the cultural work performed by representations of magic on the early modern English

Considering a variety of questions centering on magic and, or in, performance, this volume furthers the debate about the cultural work performed by representati

When we speak of theatre, we think we know what a stage direction is: we tend to think of it as an authorial requirement, devised to be complementary to the spo