Gaming the stage : playable media and the rise of English commercial theater / Gina Bloom.

"As we have entered a moment in history when games are more pervasive than ever, while theatrical plays tend to be relegated to the status of elite entertainment, it is vital that we ask: What do theatrical plays and games have in common, for their producers and their spectators? And what can w...

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Main Author: Bloom, Gina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
Series:Theater--theory/text/performance.
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