John Lowin and the English theatre, 1603-1647 : acting and cultural politics on the Jacobean and Caroline stage / Barbara Wooding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wooding, Barbara, author.

Series:

Studies in performance and early modern drama.

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lowin, John, 1576-1659.

Lowin, John.

Actors--Great Britain--Biography.

Actors.

Theatrical managers--Great Britain--Biography.

Theatrical managers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the first full-length study devoted to John Lowin, Wooding provides a comprehensive overview of the life and times of one of the greatest actors of seventeenth-century England. She examines his involvement in the Jacobean/Caroline world as citizen, performer, and manager of King's Men's Company, and contextualizes his life and career within the socio-economic and political framework of the period.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations for Frequently-Cited Works; Spelling Conventions; Introduction; 1 From Cripplegate to Bankside; 2 Pamphlets, Plays, Pageants and 'Prentices; 3 'Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang'; 4 Parish and Playhouse; 5 'We now touch the height of humane glorie'; 6 'A Protean actor varijnge everie shape with the occasion'; 7 Theatre, Citizens and Court; 8 The Soddered Citizen: An Investigation; 9 John Lowin: An Actor for All Seasons; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4724-0687-7

1-317-11064-1

1-315-59056-5

1-4094-5268-9

9781315590561

OCLC:

1022785884