Playbills [ Print culture / Sports & Leisure ]
… for a theatre or group, produced on the day of the performance, and then distributed to potential audiences, with some also available for sale during the production. They were mostly on paper, but sometimes silk or satin playbills … its content and its typography. The physical proximity of names on a playbill implies the proximity of such individuals within the sociable network of the theatre. 8 The positioning and sizing of names also suggests something of a certain player’s interactions with their audience. On the playbill, star performers can be recognised by the position and size of their name. As an …
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