Performing Words

This week Sony have relaunched the original Playstation, a game console first released in 1994.

I'm afraid this blog post will seem especially pedantic and churlish, because it is about the unexpected embedding of a strange word in conversations about early modern theatre history: the word 'permanent'.

This post follows up some of the points raised by Andy in his discussion of “story” and early modern theatre as part of his Performing Words series.

This post is part of a series on theatrical words. For an introduction to the series, see Performing words: introduction to a new thread on theatre and language.

This post is part of a series on theatrical words. For an introduction to the series, see Performing words: introduction to a new thread on theatre and language.

This post is part of a series on theatrical words. For an introduction to the series, see Performing words: introduction to a new thread on theatre and language.