Playgoing in Shakespeare's London
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Playgoing in Shakespeare's London
Cambridge University Press, 2004
3rd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
- Other Title
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演劇の都、ロンドン : シェイクスピア時代を生きる
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Previous ed.: 1996
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. Gurr assembles evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical structure of the playhouses, the services provided in the auditorium, the cost of a ticket and a cushion, the size of the crowds, the smells, the pickpockets, and the collective feelings generated by the plays. As well as revising and adding new material which has emerged since the second edition, Gurr develops new sections. He considers the difference between Shakespearean and modern thinking about early staging, the complex historical process which established the permanent playhouses, and the development of a distinctly different acting style in the open-air playhouses from that of the indoor halls. Fifty new entries have been added to the list of playgoers and there are a dozen fresh quotations about the experience of playgoing.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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