Early Cambridge theatres : college, university, and town stages, 1464-1720
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Early Cambridge theatres : college, university, and town stages, 1464-1720
Cambridge University Press, 1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-179) and index
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Description
The excavations of the Rose and the Globe theatres have created a context for the study and reconstruction of the English Renaissance theatre. This book engages with this debate by attempting a reconstruction of early Cambridge theatres in the context of the professional theatres of Renaissance London. Cambridge provides a rich source of material: most of the college halls and chapels in which scaffold-theatres were constructed still stand, while records of the Cambridge theatres and the plays performed in them survive in abundance. The book includes a full survey of some dozen Cambridge colleges, the university's commencement stage, and extra-mural theatrical sites used by travelling professional companies, which lead to useful comparisons with the theatres of London. The author concludes with a plea for greater attention to documentary evidence in reconstructing the English Renaissance theatre.
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Note on sources
- 1. Introduction: London to Cambridge
- 2. Queens' College
- 3. Trinity College from 1605
- 4. Other colleges
- 5. The university commencement stage, 1464-1720
- 6. Secular playing sites
- 7. Cambridge staging practices
- 8. Postscript: Cambridge to London
- Appendices
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index.
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