'Public' and 'Private' Playhouses in Renaissance England: The Politics of Publication (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)

At the start of the seventeenth century a distinction emerged between 'public', outdoor, amphitheatre playhouses and 'private', indoor, hall venues. This book is the first sustained attempt to ask: why? Theatre historians have long acknowledged these terms, but have failed to attest to their variety and complexity. Assessing a range of evidence, from the start of the Elizabethan period to the beginning of the Restoration, the book overturns received scholarly wisdom to reach new insights into the politics of theatre culture and playbook publication. Standard accounts of the 'public' and 'private' theatres have either ignored the terms, or offered insubstantial explanations for their use. This book opens up the rich range of meanings made available by these vitally important terms and offers a fresh perspective on the way dramatists, theatre owners, booksellers, and legislators, conceived the playhouses of Renaissance London.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Pivot
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Early Modern Literature in History
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Eoin Price
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	95
Edition:	1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-49491-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism Promotions
LSN:	1-137-49491-3
Barcode:	9781137494917

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