Shakespeare's Theatre: A History (eBook)

Richard Dutton (Autor)

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2018
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118939338 (ISBN)

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Shakespeare's Theatre: A History examines the theatre spaces used by William Shakespeare, and explores these spaces in relation to the social and political framework of the Elizabethan era. The text journeys from the performing spaces of the provincial inns, guild halls and houses of the gentry of the Bard's early career, to the purpose-built outdoor playhouses of London, including the Globe, the Theatre, and the Curtain, and the royal courts of Elizabeth and James I. The author also discusses the players for whom Shakespeare wrote, and the positioning-or dispositioning-of audience members in relation to the stage.

Widely and deeply researched, this fascinating volume is the first to draw on the most recent archaeological work on the remains of the Rose and the Globe, as well as continuing publications from the Records of Early English Drama project. The book also explores the contentious view that the 'plot' of The Seven Deadly Sins (part II), provides unprecedented insight into the working practices of Shakespeare's company and includes a complete and modernized version of the 'plot'. Throughout, the author relates the practicalities of early modern playing to the evolving systems of aristocratic patronage and royal licensing within which they developed

Insightful and engaging, Shakespeare's Theatre is ideal reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars of literature and theatre studies. 

Richard Dutton is Professor of English at Queen's University, Belfast, and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English (Emeritus) at Ohio State University. His books include, Shakespeare, Court Dramatist (2016) and Ben Jonson, 'Volpone' and the Gunpowder Plot (2008). He is co-editor of the four volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works (with Jean E. Howard, Wiley Blackwell, 2003).

Inhalt

Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Contents 9
List of Illustrations 12
List of Boxes 13
Preface 14
Introduction 17
Palamon and Arcite was Performed with the Queen Herself Present on the Stage 17
The Upstart Crow 23
Notes 33
Chapter 1 The Early Years 35
Stratford and Staging Practices 35
Princely Pleasures at Kenilworth 41
Mystery Cycles and Trade Guilds 43
Competing Authorities 44
Straws in the Wind 45
A System of Protection and Control 49
Roads Not Taken 50
Notes 52
Chapter 2 Possible Beginnings 54
Shakespeare and the Queen’s Men’s Theory 55
Tarlton 60
Shakespeare and Alexander Hoghton’s Will 66
Strange’s Men 76
Notes 87
Chapter 3 Shakespeare on the Record and the Stages of 1594: Newington Butts, the Theatre, Greenwich Palace, and Gray’s Inn 91
Plague 91
Duopoly 93
Shakespeare in the Records 97
Four Playing Places 98
The Theatre 99
Burbage 118
Kemp 119
Motley 121
The Cross Keys Inn26 130
Greenwich Palace 133
Gray’s Inn 146
Notes 152
Chapter 4 The Chamberlain’s / King’s Men and their Organization 156
Sharers 156
Hired Men (and Women) 172
Hired Men as Actors 173
Gatherers 175
Tirewomen 183
Tiremen 185
Musicians 190
Book-keepers 193
Stage-keepers 196
Apprentices 198
Conclusions 204
Notes 204
Chapter 5 A Stormy Passage, from the Theatre, via the Curtain, to the Globe 209
2 The Seven Deadly Sins 221
The Stories 225
Commentary 229
The Text 229
Authorship and Dating of the Play(s) 229
“Those Playhouses … Shall be Plucked Down” 237
Notes 243
Chapter 6 “The Great Globe Itself” 246
The Galleries 248
Lords’ Rooms 250
Stage Directions 258
Playhouse of the Spoken Word 273
Robert Armin 280
The War of the Theatres 287
Notes 290
Chapter 7 A New Reign 293
A Royal Master 295
Little Eyases and The Malcontent 297
Notes 304
Chapter 8 The Blackfriars 306
“Your Master’s Worship House, here, in the Friars” 315
The New Repertoire 319
Descent Machinery 321
Jonson and Shakespeare in the New House 325
Notes 335
Appendix Chamberlain’s/King’s Men’s Plays 1594–1614, Other than by Shakespeare 338
Extant Texts, with Dates of Performance and Publication, and Probable Playhouse of First Performance 338
Anon 339
Non-Extant or Unidentified Plays Associated with the Company 340
Bibliography 341
Primary Material from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 341
Secondary Material 345
Index 357
EULA 383

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.1.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Coventry Guildhall • Elizabethan houses • Englische Literatur / Renaissance • Englische Literatur / Shakespeare • English literary renaissance • English literature • English performance stages • English Studies • English theaters • English theatres • European theatres • Hampton Court • Literary Criticism & History • Literature • Literaturgeschichte • Literaturkritik • Literaturkritik u. -geschichte • Literaturwissenschaft • London playhouses • <p>William Shakespeare • medieval drama • Renaissance Drama • Renaissance English Literature • royal court of James I • Shakespeare • Shakespearean companion • Shakespearean Performances • Shakespearean Studies • shakespeare’s globe • Shakespeare studies • Shakespeare, William • Stratford-upon-Avon • Theater • the bard</p> • the Blackfriars playhouse • The Globe • the royal court of Elizabeth I • The Royal Shakespeare Company • the Swan theatre • the Theatre, the Curtain • the works of Shakespeare
• ISBN-13: 9781118939338 / 9781118939338