The Privileged Playgoers of Shakespeare's London, 1576-1642

The Privileged Playgoers of Shakespeare's London, 1576-1642

Author: Ann Jennalie Cook

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1400853664

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Besides documenting the predominant presence of privileged patrons in the audience, the author discusses the shape of the privileged life, the place of the privileged in the social structure, the forces that drew so many of them to London, and the factors that made them such avid theatergoers. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


Praise and Paradox

Praise and Paradox

Author: Laura Caroline Stevenson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-08-22

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780521522076

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A searching critique of the popular Elizabethan literature that praised merchants, industrialists and craftsmen.