Theatre in Handwriting
Hamburg Prompt Book Practices, 1770s-1820s
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Beschreibung
A transdisciplinary approach towards handwritten artefacts in modern European theatre, based on prompt book practices from Hamburg around 1800.
In German spoken theatre, prompt books used to be written by multiple participants engaging in diverse manuscript practices which continually revise the unfixed literary text within its theatrical context. Based on examples of the vast Hamburg »Theatre-Library« from the 1770s to 1820s, this study proposes a transdisciplinary approach towards handwritten artefacts in modern European theatre. Martin Jörg Schäfer and Alexander Weinstock examine the many-handed creation, handwritten transformation and often decades of use of prompt books in a time increasingly dominated by print. This perspective changes our notion of theatre history around 1800 as well as that of literature and authorship.
Autor*in
Martin Jörg Schäfer
Martin Jörg Schäfer (Prof. Dr. phil.) lehrt Neuere deutsche Literatur mit dem Schwerpunkt Theaterforschung an der Universität Hamburg.
Themen in »Theatre in Handwriting«
Theatre Theatre Literature Literature Manuscripts Manuscripts Hamburg Hamburg Germany Germany Cultural History Cultural History Theatre Studies Theatre Studies Literary Studies