Travelling players in Shakespeare's England / Siobhan Keenan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keenan, Siobhan, 1973-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traveling theater--England--History--16th century.

Traveling theater.

Traveling theater--England--History--17th century.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

xvi, 250 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

Summary:

"Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England" is the first extended study of the touring practices and performances of Elizabethan and Jacobean travelling players. It opens with a general introduction to the lively, competitive world of professional touring theatre. Following chapters focus on playing practices and performances in the spaces used as temporary theatres by touring actors (such a town halls and country houses). The final chapter looks at the decline of this important theatrical tradition in the 1620s.

Contents:

1 Travelling Players and Performances in Shakespeare's England: 'How chances it they travel?' (Hamlet, 2.2.317) 1

2 Playing the Town Halls 24

3 Playing to the Gods: Church as Theatre 45

4 At Home to the Players: Travelling Players at Country Houses 66

5 Drama at Drinking Houses: Inn Performances 87

6 Playing at Schools and University Colleges 107

7 Playing in Markets and Game Places 128

8 Provincial Playhouses in Renaissance England, 1559-1625 144

9 The Decline of Professional Touring Theatre 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0333968204

OCLC:

49002048