The Cambridge introduction to early English theatre / Janette Dillon.

By: Dillon, Janette, 1953-
Series: Cambridge introductions to literaturePublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006Description: xiv, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521834740 (hbk.); 0521542510 (pbk.)Subject(s): Theater -- England -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 | Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century | Theater -- England -- History -- 17th centuryDDC classification: 792.0942 LOC classification: PN2585 | .D55 2006Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Places of performance -- Actors and audiences -- Writers, controllers and the place of theatre -- Genre and tradition -- Instruction and spectacle -- Select chronology of plays and other performances -- Chronology of events -- Known dimensions of playing spaces.
Summary: Covering early English theatre from the earliest recorded vernacular texts in the late medieval period to the closing of the theatres in 1642, this introduction gives an accessible overview of the historical development of theatre.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-283) and index.

Places of performance --
Actors and audiences --
Writers, controllers and the place of theatre --
Genre and tradition --
Instruction and spectacle --
Select chronology of plays and other performances --
Chronology of events --
Known dimensions of playing spaces.

Covering early English theatre from the earliest recorded vernacular texts in the late medieval period to the closing of the theatres in 1642, this introduction gives an accessible overview of the historical development of theatre.

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