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The profession of player in Shakespeare's time, 1590-1642 / Gerald Eades Bentley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bentley, Gerald Eades, 1901-1994, author.
- Series:
- Princeton legacy library
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 703
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--England--History--16th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--England--History--17th century.
- Acting--History--16th century.
- Acting.
- Acting--History--17th century.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--To 1625.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--England.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Relations with actors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book is a comprehensive study of the customary practices of English players of the period--how they lived and worked and were paid, organized, and cast for parts in the phenomenally popular theaters of England. Gerald Bentley discusses sharers, hired men, boy apprentices, musicians, touring groups, and managers, showing that players in general led difficult but seriously professional lives.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I. Introduction
- II. The Player and His Company
- III. Sharers
- IV. Hired Men
- V. Apprentices
- VI. Managers
- VII. London Companies on Tour
- VIII. Casting
- IX. Conclusions
- Appendix: Casts and Lists of Players
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4008-5326-5
- OCLC:
- 885020231
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