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Shakespeare's theatre : a history / by Richard Dutton.
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- Author/Creator:
- Dutton, Richard, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.
- Theater--England--History--16th century.
- Theater.
- England.
- History.
- Theater--England--History--17th century.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Palamon and Arcite was Performed with the Queen Herself Present on the Stage
- The Upstart Crow
- Notes
- 1. The Early Years
- Stratford and Staging Practices
- Princely Pleasures at Kenilworth
- Mystery Cycles and Trade Guilds
- Competing Authorities
- Straws in the Wind
- A System of Protection and Control
- Roads Not Taken
- 2. Possible Beginnings
- Shakespeare and the Queen's Men's Theory
- Tarlton
- Shakespeare and Alexander Hoghton's Will
- Strange's Men
- 3. Shakespeare on the Record and the Stages of 1594: Newington Butts, the Theatre, Greenwich Palace, and Gray's Inn
- Plague
- Duopoly
- Shakespeare in the Records
- Four Playing Places
- The Theatre
- Burbage
- Kemp
- Motley
- The Cross Keys Inn
- Greenwich Palace
- Gray's Inn
- 4. The Chamberlain's/King's Men and their Organization
- Sharers
- Hired Men (and Women)
- Hired Men as Actors
- Gatherers
- Tirewomen
- Tiremen.
- Note continued: Musicians
- Book-keepers
- Stage-keepers
- Apprentices
- Conclusions
- 5.A Stormy Passage, from the Theatre, via the Curtain, to the Globe
- 2 The Seven Deadly Sins
- The Stories
- Commentary
- The Text
- Authorship and Dating of the Play(s)
- "Those Playhouses ... Shall be Plucked Down"
- 6."The Great Globe Itself"
- The Galleries
- Lords' Rooms
- Stage Directions
- Playhouse of the Spoken Word
- Robert Armin
- The War of the Theatres
- 7.A New Reign
- A Royal Master
- Little Eyases and The Malcontent
- 8. The Blackfriars
- "Your Master's Worship House, here, in the Friars"
- The New Repertoire
- Descent Machinery
- Jonson and Shakespeare in the New House
- Appendix: Chamberlain's/King's Men's Plays 1594
- 1614, Other than by Shakespeare
- Extant Texts, with Dates of Performance and Publication, and Probable Playhouse of First Performance
- Anon.
- Note continued: Non-Extant or Unidentified Plays Associated with the Company
- Bibliography
- Primary Material from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
- Secondary Material.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Bertram Lippincott Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dutton, Richard, 1948- author. Shakespeare's theatre
- ISBN:
- 9781118939338
- 1118939336
- 9781118939321
- 1118939328
- Publisher Number:
- 99980280686
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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