Shakespeare's theater
Subtitle: a sourcebook
By: edited by Tanya Pollard.
Contributors: Pollard, Tanya.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625 -- Sources.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- England -- London -- Sources.; Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.; Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvi]-xxvii) and index.
Table of contents: title: A treatise against dicing, dancing, plays, and interludes, with other idle pastimes (1577) / John Northbrooke; title: The school of abuse (1579) / Stephen Gosson; title: An Apology of the School of Abuse (1579) / Stephen Gosson; title: A reply to Stephen Gosson's School of Abuse, defence of poetry, music, and stage plays (1579) / Thomas Lodge; title: A Second and Third Blast of Retreat from Plays and Theaters (1580) / Anthony Munday; title: Plays confuted in five actions (1582) / Stephen Gosson; title: Anatomy of abuses (1583) / Philip Stubbes; title: A mirror of monsters (1587) / William Rankins; title: The art of English poesy (1589) / George Puttenham; title: An Apology for poetry (1595) / Philip Sidney; title: The theater of God's judgments (1597) / Thomas Beard; title: The overthrow of stage-plays (1599) / John Rainolds; title: Letter to Dr. John Rainolds (1592) / William Gager; title: Virtue's Commonwealth (1603) / Henry Crosse; title: Preface to Volpone (1607) / Ben Jonson; title: The gull's horn book (1609) / Thomas Dekker; title: An apology for actors (1612) / Thomas Heywood; title: A refutation of the apology for actors (1615) / I.G. [John Greene]; title: Letter to Revd. Mr. Sutton (1616) / Nathan Field; title: Histriomastix: the player's scourge (1633) / William Prynne; title: Discoveries (1641) / Ben Jonson; title: Legal acts and correspondences pertaining to the theater.