Children of the Queen's Revels : a Jacobean theatre repertory / Lucy Munro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munro, Lucy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of the Queen's Revels (Theater company)--History.

Children of the Queen's Revels (Theater company).

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

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 2005, this book provides a detailed study of the Children of the Queen's Revels, the most enduring and influential of the Jacobean children's companies. Between 1603 and 1613 the Queen's Revels staged plays by Francis Beaumont, George Chapman, John Fletcher, Ben Jonson, John Marston and Thomas Middleton, all of whom were at their most innovative when writing for this company. Combining theatre history and critical analysis, this study provides a history of the Children of the Queen's Revels, and an account of their repertory. It examines the 'biography' of the company - demonstrating the involvement in dramatic production of dramatists, shareholders, patrons, audiences and actors alike, and reappraising issues such as management, performance style and audience composition - before exploring their groundbreaking practices in comedy, tragicomedy and tragedy. The book also includes five documentary appendices detailing the plays, people and performances of the Queen's Revels Company.

Contents:

1. Raiding the nest : a company biography

2. 'Proper gallants wordes' : comedy and the theatre audience

3. 'Grief, and joy, so suddenly commixt' : company politics and the development of tragicomedy

4. 'Ieronimo in decimo sexto' : tragedy and the text

App. A. The chapel/queen's revels repertory (summary)

App. B. The chapel/queen's revels repertory (data and analysis)

App. C. Biographical summary

App. D. Actor lists

App. E. Court and touring performances, 1600-13.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-252) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15179-1

1-281-21792-1

9786611217921

0-511-20067-6

0-511-13247-6

0-511-13268-9

0-511-30104-9

0-511-48606-5

0-511-13214-X

OCLC:

62425203

Publisher Number:

9780521843560 (hbk.)