"At Three Doores", "At Three Seuerall Doores", and "At the Middle Dore": Three Stage Directions Referring to Three Stage Doors
"At Three Doores", "At Three Seuerall Doores", and "At the Middle Dore": Three Stage Directions Referring to Three Stage Doors
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“在三扇门”、“在三扇门”和“在中间多雷”:涉及三个舞台门的三个舞台方向
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2020
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M. Ichikawa
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M. Ichikawa
It is generally agreed among theatre historians that most London commercial playhouses of the early modern period (both outdoor and indoor) had three openings in the tiring-house wall, that is, two flanking doors and a “discovery space” between them. Tim Fitzpatrick, however, takes the view that the London playhouses of the time had only two doors in the tiring-house façade, as in the Swan sketch, either of which could serve for “discoveries”, and no opening in the centre but instead a “concealment space”, created, only when needed, by a curtain hung on a rod in front of the angled tiring-house wall (34-43). His two-door theory is becoming influential. In a survey of discoveries on the medieval and early modern stage, Janette Dillon mentions his theory, when she reminds us of the need “to bear in mind that the presence or positioning of a discovery-space must have varied between playhouses, depending on the number of stage doors and the number of angles of the playhouse walls” (200). Leslie Thomson addresses this issue in an appendix to her book Discoveries on the Early Modern Stage: “Was There a Central Opening in the Tiring House Wall?” (21341). In evaluating the main arguments for and against a central opening, she agrees with Fitzpatrick’s argument that there is no unqualified evidence to support the existence of such a fixture in any playhouse. She concludes: