This article discusses the debates over drama that took place in the English universities during the late sixteenth century. It reconsiders the career of the Oxford academic and theologian John Rainolds, whose objections to student performance are usually conflated with attacks upon professional drama. This article argues instead that his opposition arose largely from two related institutional concerns: the equation of drama with rhetorical exercises and the increasing use of spectacle in university plays. The controversy over theatrical performance is thus cast in a new light as an inquiry into the place and purpose of drama within university culture.

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伊丽莎白时代大学的演员、演说家和戏剧的界限

本文讨论了 16 世纪后期在英国大学中发生的关于戏剧的辩论。它重新考虑了牛津学者和神学家约翰·雷诺兹的职业生涯，他对学生表现的反对通常与对职业戏剧的攻击混为一谈。相反，本文认为他的反对主要来自两个相关的制度问题：戏剧与修辞练习的等式以及大学戏剧中越来越多地使用奇观。因此，关于戏剧表演的争论被赋予了新的视角，作为对戏剧在大学文化中的位置和目的的探究。