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Caitlin Hubbard (Stanford University) presents, "Travelling Scenes: Tracing the Scenic Repertoire of the Seventeenth-Century English Stage"
Speaker
Date
Wed January 21st 2026, 12:00 - 1:15pm
Event Sponsor
Department of English
Location
Building 260, Pigott Hall
(450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305)
Room 252, German Studies Library
(450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305)
Room 252, German Studies Library
With a response from Casey Ocasal (English). See the abstract below:
Reconsidering the concept of the “stock scene” in the public theaters of Restoration England, including its implications of generic broadness and economy-driven reuse, this paper instead proposes that we think of each performance company as having a scenic repertoire akin to a dramatic repertoire. Like a playbook held by the company for current and future use, Restoration scenery could be and was adapted, augmented, imitated, lost, found, stolen, and remade—ultimately promoting inter-theatrical dialogue through its specificity and reproducibility.