THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EARLY MODERN THEATRE by Richard Dutton (Editor) ( 9780199697861 )

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Title:

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EARLY MODERN THEATRE

By:

Richard Dutton (Editor)

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0199697868

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9780199697861

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

13 October, 2011

Series:

Oxford Handbooks

Pages:

744

Description:

An international team of scholars examines the theatrical world in which Shakespeare worked, tracing the social, political, and patronage pressures under which actors operated. They also explore the practicalities of playing: acquiring scripts, theatres, rehearsing, lighting, music, props, boy actors, and the role of women in an 'all-male' world.

Synopsis:

There was no single 'Elizabethan stage'. Early modern actors exploited various opportunities for patronage and profit between the 1570s and 1642, whether touring, or performing at inns, in country houses, in purpose-built theatres, at court, at the universities, or at the inns of court. This authoritative and comprehensive collection of new essays explores the social, political, and economic pressures under which the playing companies of Shakespeare and his contemporaries operated. It shows how they evolved over time to meet new challenges such as the opposition of City of London authorities, the possibility of permanent location in London, the re-emergence of boy companies c. 1600, and the great increase in court performance which began under James I. Essays also explore the practical everyday business of playing: acquiring scripts and playhouses, dramatic authorship, the contribution of financiers and entrepreneurs, rehearsing, lighting, music, props, styles of acting, boy actors, and the role of women in an 'all-male' world.A number of contributors address the methodologies of theatre history itself, questioning its philosophical premises and evaluating the nature of the evidence we have, such as that from stage directions in play-books or from the visual records. The collection as a whole offers a challenging account of the world of the players in Tudor-Stuart England, revising old assumptions and so inviting us to explore anew the plays which were written for them and which are their greatest living legacy.

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24 black-and-white halftones

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Oxford University Press

Prizes:

Winner of Winner of the 2012 Elizabeth Dietz Award Shortlisted for the

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