Cognition in the Globe : attention and memory in Shakespeare's theatre / Evelyn B. Tribble.

Cognition in the Globe : attention and memory in Shakespeare's theatre / Evelyn B. Tribble.

1st ed.

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

xv, 200 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Cognitive studies in literature and performance

"Shakespeare's company coped with an enormous mnemonic load, performing up to six different plays a week. How did they do it? Cognition in the Globe addresses this question through the lens of distributed cognition. This is a dynamic model that attends to the art of 'playing' at a range of levels. These include the material conditions of playing space; artifacts such as parts, plots, and playbooks; the social structures of the companies, including methods of training and coordination; internal cognitive mechanisms such as attention, perception, and memory; and actor-audience dynamics, among many others. This is the first book to offer such an approach to theatrical history and performance studies"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bilbiographical references and index.

Cognitive studies in literature and performance.

United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

PN2589 .T75 2011