The Elizabethan Private Theatres
Author: William Arthur Armstrong
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 46
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The Elizabethan Private Theatres
Author: Society for Theatre Research
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Published: 1958
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA History of the Elizabethan Theater
Author: Adam Woog
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the development of the English theater during the Elizabethan era, including the origins of Elizabethan theater and dramas, the influence of the queen and the church, and the impact of various playwrights and actors.
The Court Masque
Author: David Lindley
Publisher: Manchester [Greater Manchester] ; Dover N.H., USA : Manchester University Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780719009822
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Death proves them all but toyes": Nashe's unidealising show / Elizabeth Cook -- "In those figures which they seeme": Samuel Daniel's Tethys' festival / John Pitcher -- Music, masque and meaning in The tempest / David Lindley -- Sounding to present occasions: Jonson's masques of 1620-5 / Sara Pearl -- To that secure fix'd state': the function of the Caroline masque form / Jennifer Chibnall -- The reformation of the masque / David Norbrook -- The present aid of this occasion': the setting of Comus / John Creaser -- Location and meaning in masque, morality, and royal entertainment / Helen Cooper -- The French element in Inigo Jones's masque designs* / John Peacock -- Dryden's Albion and Albanius: the apotheosis of Charles II / Paul Hammond.
Jacobean Private Theatre
Author: Keith Sturgess
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-27
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1315301970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this scholarly and entertaining book, first published in 1987, the author tells the story of Jacobean private theatre. Most of the best plays written after 1610, including Shakespeare’s late plays such as The Tempest, were written for the new breed of private playhouses – small, roofed and designed for an aristocratic, literary audience, as opposed to the larger, open-air houses such as the Globe and the Red Bull, catering for a popular, ‘lowbrow’ audience. The author discusses the polarisation of taste and the effect it had on literary criticism and theatre history. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.
Shakespeare's Theatre
Author: Hugh Macrae Richmond
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 590
ISBN-13: 9780826477767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnder an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins>
‘Public’ and ‘Private’ Playhouses in Renaissance England: The Politics of Publication
Author: Eoin Price
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-10-15
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 1137494921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the start of the seventeenth century a distinction emerged between 'public', outdoor, amphitheatre playhouses and 'private', indoor, hall venues. This book is the first sustained attempt to ask: why? Theatre historians have long acknowledged these terms, but have failed to attest to their variety and complexity. Assessing a range of evidence, from the start of the Elizabethan period to the beginning of the Restoration, the book overturns received scholarly wisdom to reach new insights into the politics of theatre culture and playbook publication. Standard accounts of the 'public' and 'private' theatres have either ignored the terms, or offered insubstantial explanations for their use. This book opens up the rich range of meanings made available by these vitally important terms and offers a fresh perspective on the way dramatists, theatre owners, booksellers, and legislators, conceived the playhouses of Renaissance London.
Elizabeth's Spymaster
Author: Robert Hutchinson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-08-07
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 0312368224
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The English Stage
Author: J. L. Styan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-07-13
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780521556361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse and the private space, and the pairing of theory and stagecraft in the works of modern dramatists. He focuses on the conventions by which a playwright, actors and their audience create the phenomenon of theatre and the way such conventions have changed over time. Styan can be considered among a small number of influential scholars who have helped to develop theatre history from its origins in literary studies into an independent and respected field. From the vantage point of a lifetime's study he examines and illustrates the multitude of factors which have brought and continue to bring plays to life.
Moving Shakespeare Indoors
Author: Andrew Gurr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-03-06
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1107040639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the conditions of the original performances in seventeenth-century indoor theatres.
