The Theatrical City
Subtitle: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London, 15761649
Contributors: David L. Smith (Editor); Richard Strier (Editor); David Bevington (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 30, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521441261
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Theater - History & Criticism; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; English Renaissance Literature (1500-1700); Western Europe - General; Literature And Society; History: World; History - General History; English; England; English literature; Europe - Great Britain - General; English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism; History / Great Britain; 16th century; History and criticism; Politics and literature; 17th century; Early modern, 1500-1700; Great Britain; History
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.