Acting companies and their plays in Shakespeare's London / Siobhan Keenan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keenan, Siobhan, 1973- author.

Series:

Arden Shakespeare.

The Arden Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--England--History--17th century.

Theater.

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

Theatrical companies--England--London--History--16th century.

Theatrical companies.

Theatrical companies--England--London--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Acting Companies and their Plays in Shakespeare's London explores the intimate and dynamic relationship between acting companies and playwrights in this seminal era in English theatre history. Siobhan Keenan's analysis includes chapters on the traditions and workings of contemporary acting companies, playwriting practices, stages and staging, audiences and patrons, each illustrated with detailed case studies of individual acting companies and their plays, including troupes such as Lady Elizabeth's players, 'Beeston's Boys' and the King's Men and works by Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, Brome and Heywood. We are accustomed to focusing on individual playwrights: Acting Companies and their Plays in Shakespeare's London makes the case that we also need to think about the companies for which dramatists wrote and with whose members they collaborated, if we wish to better understand the dramas of the English Renaissance stage."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Acknowledgements

Textual Note

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Acting Companies

Chapter 3: Playwrights and Playwriting

Chapter 4: Stages and Staging

Chapter 5: Audiences Chapter

6: Patrons and Patronage

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781472575692

1472575695

9781472575685

1472575687

OCLC:

872115195