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Elizabethan popular theatre : plays in performance / Michael Hattaway.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hattaway, Michael, author.
- Series:
- Theatre production studies.
- Routledge library editions. Shakespeare ; v. 2.
- Theatre production studies
- Routledge library editions. Shakespeare ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--England--History--16th century.
- Theater.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Elizabethan Popular Theatre' surveys the golden age of English popular theatre: the 1590s, the age of Marlowe and the young Shakespeare.
- Elizabethan Popular Theatre surveys the Golden Age of English popular theatre: the 1590s, the age of Marlowe and the young Shakespeare. The book describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas: The Spanish Tragedy, Mucedorus, Edward II, Doctor Faustus and Titus Andronicus , as well as providing a comprehensive history of a variety of contemporary playhouse stages, performances, and players. Elizabethan Popular Theatre surveys the Golden Age of English popular theatre: the 1590s, the age of Marlowe and the young Shakespeare. The book describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas: The Spanish Tragedy, Mucedorus, Edward II, Doctor Faustus and Titus Andronicus , as well as providing a comprehensive history of a variety of contemporary playhouse stages, performances, and players.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The idea of Elizabethan theatre
- pt. 2. Plays.
- Notes:
- First published in 1982 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.--Original t.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-03265-3
- 0-203-70954-3
- 1-299-48335-6
- 1-135-03266-1
- 9780203709542
- OCLC:
- 862046992
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