Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England is the first extended study of the touring practices and performances of Elizabethan and Jacobean travelling players. It opens with a general introduction to the lively, competitive world of professional touring theatre. Following chapters focus on playing practices and performances in the spaces used as temporary theatres by touring actors (such a town halls and country houses). The final chapter looks at the decline of this important theatrical tradition in the 1620s.
| ISBN: | 9780333968208 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2002 |
| Author: | Siobhan Keenan |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 250 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Literature: history and criticism |
Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England is the first extended study of the touring practices and performances of Elizabethan and Jacobean travelling players. It opens with a general introduction to the lively, competitive world of professional touring theatre. Following chapters focus on playing practices and performances in the spaces used as temporary theatres by touring actors (such a town halls and country houses). The final chapter looks at the decline of this important theatrical tradition in the 1620s.
Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England features in the following genres: Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literature: history and criticism
Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England is available in Hardback
Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England was written by Siobhan Keenan and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England has 250 pages