This digital annotated bibliography is a repository for the SAA 2020 seminar, "Playing in Rep," led by Elizabeth E. Tavares & Laurie Johnson. Interested in the seminar or just want to follow along? Join the group!

Abstract. Early English professional players relied on the repertory system—performing a different play every day of the week rather than runs of a single play—for financial success. This seminar invites archival, practitioner, and theoretical explorations of the ways in which performing "in rep" conditioned the early modern performance event. How did the rep system influence enskillment in players? The playgoer experience? What is its role in Shakespeare festivals today? Or in video-on-demand services?

Playing in Rep

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