English Renaissance Drama: A Very Short Introduction to Theatre and Theatres in Shakespeare's Time
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English Renaissance Drama: A Very Short Introduction to Theatre and Theatres in Shakespeare's Time

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English Renaissance Drama: A Very Short Introduction to Theatre and Theatres in Shakespeare's Time

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This book, also available in paperback from Troubador, introduces the conclusions of recent scholarship and research into theatrical conditions, conventions and concepts in the time of Shakespeare.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright and licence
  3. Title Page
  4. A Note on the Author
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. The roots of English drama
  7. 2. The new theatres
  8. 3. Attitudes to theatre and players.
  9. 4. Audiences and expectations
  10. 5. The Acting Space: Limitations and resources
  11. 6. Props
  12. 7. ‘A Play toward’: the companies, actors and acting
  13. 8. Kinds of plays
  14. 9. Epilogue
  15. Further Reading
  16. Appendix 1: Some dramatists working in the period 1585–1625
  17. Appendix 2: An Outline Chronology of Political Events (with dates of some important plays on historical themes)
  18. Appendix 3: Hyperlinked Materials
  19. Appendix 4: Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man
  20. Conceptual Index
  21. Other Insights