Laurie Johnson

Leicester's Men and Their Plays

An Early Elizabethan Playing Company and Its Legacy

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Produktbeschreibung

"In this first full history of the first great Elizabethan play company, Laurie Johnson shows the vital role of Leicester's Men in developing the main features of Shakespearean theatre. Unearthing new discoveries from wide-ranging primary material, he tells the fascinating stories of the lives of the earliest Elizabethan players"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781009366496
• ISBN-10: 1009366491
• Artikelnr.: 67822881

Autorenporträt

Laurie Johnson is Professor in English and Cultural Studies at the University of Southern Queensland and, since 2016, has served as President of the Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association. He is the author of Shakespeare's Lost Playhouse: Eleven Days at Newington Butts (2018) and has written extensively in areas related to cultural history, literary studies, and Shakespeare's theatre.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Starting Points; 2. The First Decade (1558
1567); 3. The Second Decade (1567
1577); 4. The Third Decade (1578
1588).