Playgoing in Shakespeare''s London

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Gurr is Emeritus Professor, University of Reading. His many books include The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 (third edition 1993), Writers in Exile, Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (second edition 1996), The Shakespearian Playing Companies (1996), and (with Mariko Ichikawa) Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres (2000). Klappentext A newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of playgoing in Shakespeare's time. Zusammenfassung This is a newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of playgoing in Shakespeare's time. As well as revising and adding new material! Gurr develops new sections. Fifty new entries have been added to the list of playgoers and there are fresh quotations about the experience of playgoing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Physical conditions; 3. Social composition; 4. Mental composition; 5. The evolution of tastes; Appendix 1: Playgoers 1567-1642; Appendix 2: References to playgoing.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Gurr, Andrew (University of Reading) Gurr
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2004
• EAN: 9780521543224
• ISBN: 978-0-521-54322-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet