{"product_id":"actor-as-anti-character-lesley-wade-soule-9780313313042","title":"Actor as Anti-Character: Dionysus, the Devil, and the Boy Rosalind","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorking from the premise that the stage performer's primary functions derive from celebrative rituals, this book describes the figure of the actor as anti-character in premodern popular theatre. Particularly in plays belonging to the popular, performative tradition, the actor simultaneously impersonated and subverted the character of the playtext. By doing so, he affirmed the ritual-celebrative authority of the performer and audience over the ideological authority of the written text. Included are close analyses of three major playtexts in performance: Aristophanes' \u003ci\u003eFrogs, \u003c\/i\u003e the medieval mystery plays, and Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe introduction briefly lays out the basic theatrical theory underlying the phenomenon of actor as anti-character. The book then explores three paradigmatic figures: the god Dionysus, archetypal model of the comic actor; the Devil, as both farcical individual and wild demonic chorus, who brought carnival disruption to medieval religious drama; and the Elizabethan boy player of Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It who, using the marketplace techniques of traditional popular performance, colluded with his rowdy audience to subvert a sophisticated character from a literary romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lesley Wade Soule\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313313040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313313042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.40w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 917\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 164","brand":"Lesley Wade Soule","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47135230066943,"sku":"9780313313042","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_beeb6d0a-66ed-4ac5-b9ca-e0596f5a9160.jpg?v=1755009521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/actor-as-anti-character-lesley-wade-soule-9780313313042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}