The Boar's Head Theatre : an inn-yard theatre of the Elizabethan Age / C.J. Sisson ; edited by Stanley Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sisson, Charles Jasper, 1885-1966., author.

Contributor:

Wells, Stanley, 1930-

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge Revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boar's Head Playhouse (Whitechapel, London, England).

Theaters--England--London--History--16th century.

Theaters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Boar's Head Theatre, first published in 1972, provides an account of one of the Elizabethan inn-yard theatres. Historians of the theatre of this period will find this book indispensable, and those with a more general interest in the greatest age of English drama will be engrossed by the detailed and intimate glimpses of the theatre world which this story affords.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Editor's Introduction""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter I The Inn-yard Theatre""; ""Chapter II The George Inn in Whitechapel""; ""Chapter III The Boar's Head Inn""; ""Location and Early History""; ""Structure and Accommodation of the Inn""; ""The Inn and Theatre from 1594 to 1599""; ""Chapter IV The Battle for the Theatre""; ""The Legal Background""; ""Alarums and Excursions""; ""A Flurry of Litigants""

""The End of the Story""""Appendix A The Inn-yard Theatre in Chambers, Lawrence and Hotson""; ""Appendix B Brayne, Burbage and Miles""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index""

Notes:

First published in 1972 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-71402-7

1-317-49975-1

9781315714028

OCLC:

958107327