The Oxford handbook of early modern theatre

Folger bibliographic ID: 229835
Folger call number: PN2589 .O94 2009
Folger holdings ID: 276049

This 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.--From publisher description

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [623]-672) and indexes

Extended title: The Oxford handbook of early modern theatre / edited by Richard Dutton
Alternate titles: Handbook of early modern theatre, Early modern theatre

Theater

editor: Dutton, Richard, 1948-