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Zusatztext "McCarthy's study remains an important intervention in the scholarship on early modern children's performance! offering a series of insights into sixteenth century theatrical practice! a number of new avenues for future scholarship! and an insight into the 'rich conjunction of oral and literate modes' on which theatre depended."- Lucy Munro! King's College London! Early Theatre Informationen zum Autor Jeanne H. McCarthy is Associate Professor of English at Georgia Gwinnett College. She has published extensively on patronage, authorship, and performance in the boy company playing tradition. Klappentext The Children's Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509-1608 uncovers the role of the children's companies in transforming perceptions of authorship and publishing, performance, use of theatre space, and religious and gender politics in the sixteenth century. Zusammenfassung The Children's Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509-1608 uncovers the role of the children's companies in transforming perceptions of authorship and publishing, performance, use of theatre space, and religious and gender politics in the sixteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface. Schooling the Drama Chapter One. Playbooks and Playtexts: Literacy, Education, and Printed Drama Chapter Two. Playbooks in the Henrician Era: Test Cases for a School and Chapel Auspice Chapter Three. Playing I: Literacy and Oral Performance Practices Chapter Four. Playing II: The Power of Performance in the School Tradition Chapter Five. Patronage in the Tudor Era Chapter Six. Playwrights I Chapter Seven. Playwrights II: Literary Playwriting and Ben Jonson Epilogue. Jacobean Reactions and Afterlife Appendix 1: Earliest Editions of Printed Plays in English 1512-1550 Appendix 2: Earliest Printed Plays in English 1550- 1594 Bibliography Index ...
