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John Lowin and the English Theatre, 1603-1647 - Acting and Cultural Politics on the Jacobean and Caroline Stage (Hardcover, New Ed)
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John Lowin and the English Theatre, 1603-1647 - Acting and Cultural Politics on the Jacobean and Caroline Stage (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
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Even for scholars who have devoted their careers to the early
modern theatre, the name John Lowin may not instantly evoke
recognition-until now, the actor's life and contribution to the
theatre of the period has never been the subject of a full-length
publication. In this study, Barbara Wooding provides a
comprehensive overview of the life and times of Lowin, a leader of
the King's Men's Company and one of the greatest actors of the
seventeenth century. She examines his involvement in the
Jacobean/Caroline world as performer, citizen and company manager,
and contextualizes his life and career within the socio-economic
and political framework of the period. Although references to him
in the archives are patchy and sporadic, information about his
activities within the King's Men's Company is well documented. In
the course of analysing less familiar plays of the period and the
characters Lowin played in them, Wooding supplements critical
understanding of the scope and range of Caroline drama. Because
Lowin's career burgeoned after Shakespeare's and Burbage's death,
his life in Southwark and his career with the same company
furnishes the opportunity for an examination of the changing status
of actors, and the exercising of their skills within the drama of
the later playhouse period.
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