Leicester''s Men and Their Plays - An Early Elizabethan Playing Company and Its Legacy

"In this first full history of the first great Elizabethan play company, Laurie Johnson shows the vital role of Leicester's Men in developing the main features of Shakespearean theatre. Unearthing new discoveries from wide-ranging primary material, he tells the fascinating stories of the lives of the earliest Elizabethan players"--

List of contents

1. Starting Points; 2. The First Decade (1558-1567); 3. The Second Decade (1567-1577); 4. The Third Decade (1578-1588).

About the author

Laurie Johnson is Professor in English and Cultural Studies at the University of Southern Queensland and, since 2016, has served as President of the Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association. He is the author of Shakespeare's Lost Playhouse: Eleven Days at Newington Butts (2018) and has written extensively in areas related to cultural history, literary studies, and Shakespeare's theatre.

Summary

In this first full history of the first great Elizabethan play company, Laurie Johnson shows the vital role of Leicester's Men in developing the main features of Shakespearean theatre. Unearthing new discoveries from wide-ranging primary material, he tells the fascinating stories of the lives of the earliest Elizabethan players.

Foreword

The first full history of the first great Elizabethan play company, responsible for developing the main features of Shakespearean theatre.

Product details

• Authors: Laurie Johnson, Laurie (University of Southern Queensland Johnson, Johnson Laurie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009366496
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0936649-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, 1558–1603 (Elizabethan period), Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean