Playgoing in Shakespeare's London / Andrew Gurr
- Bib ID:
- 2341969
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gurr, Andrew
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Description:
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- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987
- xv, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0521253365
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Physical conditions 14
- The amphitheatre playhouses 14
- The hall playhouses 26
- Performing conditions 38
- Auditorium behaviour 51
- 3 Social composition 58
- Social classes in England 58
- Social classes in London 64
- Who went where 69
- Different kinds of playgoer 85
- 4 Mental composition 95
- The mental range 95
- Audiences or spectators 102
- Learned ears 116
- Levels of awareness 124
- Playgoer reactions 128
- 5 The evolution of tastes 143
- The first paying playgoers (1567-87) 143
- Tarlton's followers (1576-88) 150
- Lyly's special appeal (1580-90) 158
- Mass emotion and the Armada (1588-99) 161
- Rule, religion and revenge (1588-99) 167
- Current affairs (1588-1603) 170
- Citizen staples and Juliet's rebellion (1588-1605) 176
- The war of railing (1599-1609) 184
- City comedy (1599-1614) 191
- After 1609: the settled hierarchy 195
- Beeston's cock and bull (1616-30) 202
- The Blackfriars in the 1630s 207
- Citizens in the last years (1630-42) 215
- Appendix 1: Playgoers 1567-1642 224
- Appendix 2: References to playgoing 247
- Notes
- Select bibliography 317
- Index 329
- 329.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 252-271.
- Subject:
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- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London
- Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century
- Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century
- Theater audiences -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century
- Theater audiences -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
- London (England) -- Social life and customs
- Other authors/contributors:
- Spice, Sue
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1987
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