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Author:

Gurr, Andrew.

Title:

Playgoing in Shakespeare's London / Andrew Gurr.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xiv, 344 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Theater--London--London--History--16th century.
Theater--London--London--History--17th century.
Theater audiences--London--London--History--16th century.
Theater audiences--London--London--History--17th century.
English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Homes and haunts--London.--London.
London (England)--Social life and customs--16th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs--17th century.
London (England)--Intellectual life--16th century.
London (England)--Intellectual life--17th century.
Toneelvoorstellingen.
Publiek.
Théâtre--Londres--Londres--Histoire--16e siècle.
Théâtre--Londres--Londres--Histoire--17e siècle.
Théâtre--Histoire--Londres--Londres--Histoire--16e siècle.
Théâtre--Histoire--Londres--Londres--Histoire--17e siècle.
Théâtre anglais--16e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais--17e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.
Literatura inglesa (crítica e interpretação)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328) and index.

Contents:

Introduction. -- Physical conditions: The amphitheatre playhouses ; The hall playhouses ; Performing conditions ; Auditorium behavior. -- Social composition: Social classes in England ; Social classes in London ; Who went where ; Different kinds of playgoer. -- Mental composition: The mental range ; Audiences or spectators ; Learned ears ; Levels of awareness ; Playgoer reactions. -- The evolution of tastes: The first playgoers (1567-87) ; Tarlton's followers (1576-88) ; Lyly's special appeal (1580-90) ; Mass emotion and the Armada (1588-99) ; Rule, religion and revenge (1588-99) ; Current affairs (1588-1603) ; Citizen staples and Juliet's rebellion (1588-1605) ; The war of railing (1599-1609) ; City comedy (1599-1614) ; After 1609: the settlement hierarchy ; Beeston's cock and bull (1616-30) ; The Blackfriars in the 1630s ; Citizens in the last years (1630-42). -- Appendix 1: Playgoers 1567-1642. -- Appendix 2: References to playgoing.

ISBN:

9780521543224 (pbk.)
0521543223 (pbk.)
9780521835602 (hbk.)
0521835607 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55970699

LCCN:

2004301882

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)