Keith Sturgess

Jacobean Private Theatre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this scholarly and entertaining book, first published in 1987, the author tells the story of Jacobean private theatre. The author discusses the polarisation of taste and the effect it had on literary criticism and theatre history. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781138236547
• ISBN-10: 1138236543
• Artikelnr.: 54297853

Autorenporträt

Sturgess, Keith

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Jacobean Private Theatre;
Part One: Private Theatre: Audiences, Buildings and Repertory; 2. The
Audiences of the Jacobean Private Theatre 3. Jacobean Private Playhouses 4.
The Private Theatre Companies, their Playwrights and their Repertory; Part
Two: Blackfriars Plays; 5. 'A Quaint Device': The Tempest at the
Blackfriars 6. 'A Perspective that Shows us Hell': The Duchess of Malfi at
the Blackfriars 7. 'Some High-Tuned Poem': The Broken Heart at the
Blackfriars; Part Three: The King's Theatre; 8. Court Theatre, 1603-42 9.
'Excellent Creeping Sport': Bartholomew Fair at the Banqueting House 10.
'The Crystal Mirror of your Reign' Coelum Britannicum at the Banqueting
House; Notes; Index