| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 234 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. Shakespeare ; 2
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Routledge library editions. Shakespeare ; 2.
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| Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 15, 2013). |
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"Transferred to Digital printing 2008." |
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Facsim. Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982 (Theatre production studies). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Elizabethan Popular Theatre: Plays in Performance; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One The idea of Elizabethan theatre; I · Playhouses and stages; Seven playhouses; A drawing of the Swan; Halls and fairgrounds; The stage, the tiring-house, and the canopy; The furnishing of the stage; The auditorium; 2 . Performances; City and Court; Audiences; Preparation and rehearsal; Scene building; Music and dancing; Dumb shows, set pieces, and jigs; 3 · Players and playing; Playhouse economics; Acting styles; Plays and games; Boy players; Make-up and costumes. |
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Clowns and tragediansShakespeare, Marlowe -- and Brecht; Speaking the speech; Part Two Plays; 4 . The Spanish Tragedy: architectonic design; 5 · Mucedorus: the exploitation of convention; 6 · Edward II: dramatic documentary; 7 · Doctor Faustus: ritual shows; 8 · Titus Andronicus: strange images of death; Abbreviations; Notes; Select bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Elizabethan Popular Theatre surveys the Golden Age of English popular theatre: the 1590s, the age of Marlowe and the young Shakespeare. The book describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas: The Spanish Tragedy, Mucedorus, Edward II, Doctor Faustus and Titus Andronicus, as well as providing a comprehensive history of a variety of contemporary playhouse stages, performances, and players. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Theater. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
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Popular culture -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Popular culture. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1600 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hattaway, Michael. Elizabethan popular theatre. London ; New York : Routledge, 2005, ©1982 9780415353175 0415353173 (OCoLC)620009181 |
| ISBN |
9781135032661 (electronic book) |
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1135032661 (electronic book) |
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9780415353175 |
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0415353173 |
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9780415489010 |
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0415489016 |
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