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The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theatre (Paperback)
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The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theatre (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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There was no single 'Elizabethan stage'. Early modern actors
exploited various opportunities for patronage and profit between
the 1570s and 1642, whether touring, or performing at inns, in
country houses, in purpose-built theatres, at court, at the
universities, or at the inns of court. This authoritative and
comprehensive collection of new essays explores the social,
political, and economic pressures under which the playing companies
of Shakespeare and his contemporaries operated. It shows how they
evolved over time to meet new challenges such as the opposition of
City of London authorities, the possibility of permanent location
in London, the re-emergence of boy companies c. 1600, and the great
increase in court performance which began under James I. Essays
also explore the practical everyday business of playing: acquiring
scripts and playhouses, dramatic authorship, the contribution of
financiers and entrepreneurs, rehearsing, lighting, music, props,
styles of acting, boy actors, and the role of women in an
'all-male' world. A number of contributors address the
methodologies of theatre history itself, questioning its
philosophical premises and evaluating the nature of the evidence we
have, such as that from stage directions in play-books or from the
visual records. The collection as a whole offers a challenging
account of the world of the players in Tudor-Stuart England,
revising old assumptions and so inviting us to explore anew the
plays which were written for them and which are their greatest
living legacy.
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