Rich connections between gaming and theatre stretch back to the 16th and 17th centuries. In the first book-length exploration of gaming in the early modern period, Gina Bloom shows that theatres succeeded in London's new entertainment marketplace largely because watching a play and playing a game were similar experiences.

Theorizing the effects of memory, absence, and disappearance in classical theatre - the aesthetics of ruins.

Illuminates the fascinating, intertwined histories of games and the Early Modern theater

Demonstrates the power of embodied and digital networks in confronting neoliberal sociopolitical regimes in the Americas