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Travelling players in Shakespeare's England

'This is an excellent exploration of the touring performances of the professional companies, focusing on the specific places that players used in the provinces (town halls, churches and their precincts, inns, market squares, school houses and colleges, country houses, provincial theatres). Keen...

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Main Authors: Keenan, Siobhan
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Traveling theater > History > 16th century > England
Traveling theater > History > 17th century > England
Shakespeare studies & criticism > English > c 1500 to c 1600 > c 1600 to c 1700 > England
Theatre studies > English > c 1500 to c 1600 > c 1600 to c 1700 > England
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Theater > England > History > 16th century > Theatrical companies
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230597549
Summary: 'This is an excellent exploration of the touring performances of the professional companies, focusing on the specific places that players used in the provinces (town halls, churches and their precincts, inns, market squares, school houses and colleges, country houses, provincial theatres). Keenan's book will fill a serious gap in the existing literature.' - Professor Peter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania 'Siobhan Keenan can justly claim the status of a pioneer, for in Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England she has given us the first general survey of the subject and has pushed t
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780333968208, 2002.
Carrier Form: 272 p.
ISBN: 9780333968208
9780230597549 :
0230597548 :
CLC: J809.561
Contents: List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Symbols 'How chances it they travel?' (Hamlet, 2.2.317): Travelling Players and Performances in Shakespeare's England Playing the Town Halls Playing to the Gods: Church as Theatre At Home to the Players: Travelling Players at Country Houses Drama at Drinking Houses: Inn Performances Playing at Schools and University Colleges Playing in Markets and Game Places Provincial Playhouses in Renaissance England, 1559-1625 The Decline of Professional Touring Theatre Notes Bibliography Index.

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