Global economics
Subtitle: a history of the theater business, the Chamberlain's/King's Men, and their plays, 1599-1642
By: Melissa D. Aaron.
Publisher: Newark; UNKNO
Published: 2005
Place of publication: University of Delaware Press
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625.; Chamberlain's Men (Theater company); King's Men (Theater company); Theatrical companies -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.; Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.; Theater -- Economic aspects -- England -- London.; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 17th century.; London (England) -- Economic conditions.
Description: "This book is a study of the Chamberlain's/King's Men as a business. It investigates the economic workings of the company: the conditions under which they operated, their expenses and income, and the ways in which they adapted to fit changing circumstances. Each chapter focuses on a different moment in the company's history, and consists of "economic readings," exploring texts by Shakespeare and other authors through an economic lens, as the property of the company and through the circumstances in which they were written."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin.
Table of contents: title: Global economics : the Chamberlain's Men, 1599-1603; title: The court and the stage : the King's Men at Blackfriars and Whitehall, 1610-13; title: The King's Men, second generation : the company without Shakespeare, 1623-26; title: Golden handcuffs : the King's Men and economic failure, 1632-42.