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Jacobean public theatre / Alexander Leggatt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leggatt, Alexander.
- Series:
- Theatre production studies.
- Theatre production studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- Popular culture--England--London.
- Popular culture.
- Theater and society--England--London.
- Theater and society.
- Theater--England--London--History--17th century.
- Theater.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Jacobean Public Theatre recovers for the modern reader the acting, production and performance values of the public theatre of Jacobean London. It relates this drama to the popular culutre of the day and concludes with a close study of four important plays, including King Lear, which emerge in an unexpected light as the products of popular tradition.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Jacobean Public Theatre; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Playhouses and audiences; 1. Playhouses, Stages and Performances; The older playhouses; The Boar's Head; The Globe; The Fortune; The Red Bull; The Hope; Stages; Performances; 2. The Audiences and Their Culture; The popular audience; Popular culture; The theatrical occasion; Part II: Popular dramaturgy; 3. Production Values; Using the stage; Dressing the stage; Stage pictures; Devils and fireworks; Stage fighting; 4. Acting Values; Actor, role and audience
- Actors at workBoy actors; The Clown; 5. Telling the Story; The eclectic occasion; Shaping the action; Generalizing the experience; The failure of the White Devil; Part III:Plays; 6.The Fair Maid of the West; 7.The Honest Whore; 8.If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody; 9. The True Chronicle History of King Lear; Appendix; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-98346-8
- 1-134-98347-6
- 0-415-75503-4
- 0-203-16916-6
- 1-280-02097-0
- 9780203169162
- OCLC:
- 252865741
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