The Shakespearean stage, 1574-1642
By: Andrew Gurr.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780521509817
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1625-1800; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- England; Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century; Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century
Description: "For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time. It is the only authoritative book that describes all the main features of the original staging of Shakespearean drama in one volume: the acting companies and their practices, the playhouses, the staging and the audiences. Thoroughly revised and updated, this fourth edition contains fresh materials about how specific plays by Shakespeare were first staged, and provides new information about the companies that staged them and their playhouses. The book incorporates everything that has been discovered in recent years about the early modern stage, including the archaeology of the Rose and the Globe. Also included is an invaluable appendix, listing all the plays known to have been performed at particular playhouses and by specific companies."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Then and now; title: The companies; title: The players; title: The playhouses; title: The staging; title: The audiences.