Playbills [ Print culture / Sports & Leisure ]
… offer insights into the wider sociocultural context of eighteenth-century theatre. 7 The playbill makes visible the social interactions between theatres, actors, actresses, and audiences, both in 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 … On the playbill, star performers can be recognised by the position and size of their name. As an actor or actress’s social capital waxes and wanes, their name moves up and down the playbill until eventually, it falls off altogether. 7 . …
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