How new technologies can contribute to our understanding of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century drama: an Antwerp case study

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  • Timothy De Paepe

Keywords:

Theatre History, Drama, Architecture, Digital Humanities, Computer Modeling, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Antwerp

Abstract

The hundreds of Dutch-spoken plays written in Antwerp in the seventeenth and eighteenth century have rarely been considered within the context for which they were written: the Antwerp theatre stages. Literary and architectural evolutions influenced each other, and studying the relationship between the repertoire and the theatres can be quite revealing. However, all of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Antwerp theatres are long gone. This article explores the possibilities offered by the use of computer models in the field of theatre history and in particular in the reconstruction of the Antwerp theatres.

Author Biography

Timothy De Paepe

Timothy De Paepe studied Literature at the University of Antwerp, and also holds a Master's degree in Cultural Management (University of Antwerp Management School). He is currently preparing his PhD thesis in Theatre History at the University of Antwerp (PhD fellowship granted by the Flanders Research Foundation (FWO)).

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Published

2010-06-01

How to Cite

De Paepe, T. (2010). How new technologies can contribute to our understanding of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century drama: an Antwerp case study. Journal of Dutch Literature, 1(1). Retrieved from https://journalofdutchliterature.org/index.php/jdl/article/view/7

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