The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theatre
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 14 May 2009
- ISBN 9780199287246
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages744 pages
- Size 252x175x46 mm
- Weight 1451 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 24 black-and-white halftones 0
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Short description:
An international team of scholars examines the theatrical world in which Shakespeare worked, tracing the social, political, and patronage pressures under which actors operated. They also explore the practicalities of playing: acquiring scripts, theatres, rehearsing, lighting, music, props, boy actors, and the role of women in an 'all-male' world.
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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.
Each of the 36 richly detailed essays beckons to be read... Many among this all-star line-up of distinguished contributors have published book-length studies on their respective academic specializations... Collectively, the essays accrue, building a comprehensive and coherent profile of the world of early modern theater
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Early Modern Theatre History: where we are now, how we got here, where we go next
Section A: Theatre Companies
Adult Playing Companies to 1583
Adult Playing Companies, 1583 to 1593
Adult Playing Companies, 1593 to 1603
Adult Playing Companies 1603 to 1613
Adult Playing Companies 1613 to 1625
Adult playing companies 1625 to 1642
Early (pre-1590) Boy Companies & their Acting Venues
The boy companies 1599-1613
Section B: London Playhouses
Inn-yard Playhouses
The Theatre in Shoreditch, 1576-1599
Why the Globe is Famous
The Most Convenient Place: The Second Blackfriars Theatre and Its Appeal
The Red Bull Playhouse
The Phoenix and the Cockpit-in-Court Playhouses
Section C: Other Playing Spaces
'He who pays the piper calls the tune': Household Entertainments
The Universities and the Inns of Court
Touring
Court theatre
London Street Theatre
Section D: Social Practices
Not Just Sir Oliver Owlet: From Patrons to 'Patronage' of Early Modern Theatre
The Court, The Master of the Revels and The Players
Theatre Entrepreneurs and Theatrical Economics
The City of London and the Theatre
Players, Livery Companies, and Apprentices
Materiality and the Market: the case of the Lady Elizabeth's Men. The Lady Elizabeth's Men and the challenge of theatre history
'For the author's credit': Issues of Authorship in English Renaissance Drama
Women in the Theatre
Section E: Evidence of Theatrical Practices
Early Modern Naturalistic Acting: The Role of the Globe in the Development of Personation
Actors' Parts
Stage Directions and the Theatre Historian
Lighting
Music and sound
Properties
Eyewitnesses to History: Visual Evidence for Theatre in Early Modern England
Christopher Beeston, His Property and Properties
Composite Bibliography
Index
