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title	:	Our Moonlight Revels : A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Theatre Studies in Theatre History and Culture
author	:	Williams, Gary Jay.
publisher	:	University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0877455929
print isbn13	:	9780877455929
ebook isbn13	:	9781587292507
language	:	English
subject	Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Midsummer night's dream, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Stage history, Theater--History.
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	PR2827.W59 1997eb
ddc	:	822.3/3
subject	:	Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Midsummer night's dream, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Stage history, Theater--History.

Page i Our Moonlight Revels

Page ii STUDIES IN THEATRE HISTORY AND CULTURE EDITED BY THOMAS POSTLEWAIT

Page iii Our Moonlight Revels A Midsummer Night's Dream In the Theatre Gary Jay Williams UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS IOWA CITY

Page iv University of Iowa Press Iowa City 52242 Copyright 1997 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Design by Richard Hendel http://www.uiowa.edu/~uipress No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. This book has been supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency. Printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williams, Gary Jay. Our moonlight revels: A midsummer night's dream in the theatre / by Gary Jay Williams. p. cm. (Studies in theatre history and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87745-592-9 I. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream. 2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history. 3. Theatre History. I. Title. II. Series. PR2827.W59 1997 822.3'3 dc2197-21764 01 00 99 98 97 c 5 4 3 2 1

Page v For Josephine Sayers Williams

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Prologue: Our Moonlight Revels xi 1 The Wedding-play Myth and the Dream in Full Play 1 2 Shakespeare Absolute: Fairies, Gods, and Oranges in Purcell's Fairy Queen 38 3 "Signor Shakespearelli" 61 4 The Scenic Language of Empire 76 5 "These Antique Fables... These Fairy Toys" 93 6 The National and Natural Dream 110 7 The Dream of Modernism: The "New Hieroglyphic Language of Scenery" and the Theology of the Text 143 8 The Dream of Modernism: The Sacred and the Secular 164 9 Postmodernism: "The Fierce Vexation of a Dream" 204 Epilogue 259 Appendix: Wedding Studies 263 Illustration Credits 267 Notes 269 Index 323

Page ix Acknowledgments This book has enjoyed many blessings along the way, but most especially the unselfish interest, humane criticism, and enduring patience of Josephine Sayers Williams, my wife. To her I dedicate it. My indebtedness to the many scholars whose works have lighted my way is recorded in the notes, but I want to express special gratitude to colleagues who generously shared their knowledge and time: Eugene Waith, Charles Shattuck, John Andrews, Stanley Wells, George Walton Williams, and Gary Taylor. For final rigorous critiques of the full manuscript, I am grateful to my editor, Thomas Postlewait, who has been unflinching in his faith, and to Edward Pechter. Among others who have been supportive are Oscar Brockett, Joseph Donahue, Don Wilmeth, Bruce McConachie, Dennis Kennedy, Margaret Ranald, D. Allen Carroll, Glynne Wickham, Douglas Schoenherr, Werner Habicht, Jeanne Newlin, Nancy Maguire, Simon Williams, Marvin Carlson, and Catherine Belsey.

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