The Theatrical City
Subtitle: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London, 15761649
Contributors: David L. Smith (Editor); Richard Strier (Editor); David Bevington (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521526159
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Social history; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; History; History - General History; England; London, Greater London; Western Europe - General; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--; English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism; History / Europe / Western; History / Great Britain; History-Europe - Great Britain - General; Literary Criticism-English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: John Stow's A Survey of London was one manifestation of the celebration of the city's traditions, its physical fabric, its great benefactors, and the role of its citizens as supporters of the crown, which flourished at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.