Andrew Gurr

The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time. It is the only authoritative book that describes all the main features of the original staging of Shakespearean drama in one volume: the acting companies and their practices, the playhouses, the staging and the audiences. Thoroughly revised and updated, this fourth edition contains fresh materials about how specific plays by Shakespeare were first staged, and provides new information about the companies that staged them and their playhouses. The book incorporates everything that has been discovered in recent years about the early modern stage, including the archaeology of the Rose and the Globe. Also included is an invaluable appendix, listing all the plays known to have been performed at particular playhouses and by specific companies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 4. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780521729666
• ISBN-10: 0521729661
• Artikelnr.: 25460370

Autorenporträt

Andrew Gurr is Professor Emeritus at the School of English and American Studies, University of Reading.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The companies; 3. The players; 4. The playhouses; 5. The staging; 6. The audiences; Appendix: a select list of plays and their playhouses.

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Preface
1. Introduction
2. The companies
3. The players
4. The playhouses
5. The staging
6. The audiences
Appendix: a select list of plays and their playhouses.

Rezensionen

'Here is a concise, compact, well-organised guide to the premises, practices and finances of the actors; I cannot imagine a handier labour-saving device for the student who has been recommended to read far more than he has time for.' Drama