Shakespeare''s Opposites - The Admiral''s Company 15941625

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Gurr is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Reading. As chief academic advisor, he was a key figure in the project to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. His many publications include The Shakespearean Stage 1574–1642 (Cambridge University Press, fourth edition 2009), Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (Cambridge University Press, third edition 2004) and The Shakespearian Playing Companies (1996). Professor Gurr regularly contributes articles on Shakespeare to publications ranging from Shakespeare Survey to the Times Literary Supplement. Klappentext Andrew Gurr presents the first history to be written of the acting company known as the Admiral's Men. Zusammenfassung The Admiral's Men is the acting company that staged Christopher Marlowe's plays while its companion company was giving the first performances of Shakespeare. The first detailed history of the Admiral's Men! this study includes a complete list of the 229 plays known to have been staged during its 32 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The company's unique features; 2. Tricks of disguise and travel; 3. Henslowe's accounts and the play texts; 4. Staging at the Rose and the Fortune; 5. The company's repertory practices; Appendices: Appendix 1. The plays; Appendix 2. The players; Appendix 3. Travelling; Appendix 4. Performing at court.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Gurr, Andrew (University of Reading) Gurr, Gurr Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521869034
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86903-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Individual actors & performers, Theatre Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Individual actors and performers, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights