The Rise of the Common Player: Volume 3: A Study of Actor and Society in Shakespeare's England - Brossura

Bradbrook, M. C.

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ISBN 10: 0521295270 ISBN 13: 9780521295277

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1979

Riassunto

Relates the rise of London's men's acting companies from 1572 to 1616.

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Descrizione del libro

In The Rise of the Common Player, Professor Bradbrook relates the rise of the men's acting companies in London during the second half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the rise of poetic drama, and the emergence of an informed public. This book was first published by Cambridge University Press in 1979.

Contenuti

List of plates; Preface; Notes on the badges and armorial bearings; Arms and badges; Acknowledgements; Part I. Players and Society: 1. From minstrel to comedian, the actor's art, 1300–1572; 2. The new estate. Social status of the common player in London, 1559–1603, the rise of Leicester's Men and the founding of the theatre; 3. Attack and defence, 1557–1615, and the rise of the player–poets; 4. The creation of the common audience; 5. The poet's art and the player's quality, the integration of drama and the rise of tragedy; Part II. Common Players, 1575–1600: 6. Leicester's men at Kenilworth, Laneham's letter. Afterword, 1978; 7. The Queen's livery, Richard Tarlton; 8. The Queen's livery, Robert Wilson; 9. Master of the Royal Game, Edward Alleyn; Part III. Household Players, 1574–1606: 10. The livery and the surplice, the rise and fall of the choristers' theatres in London, 1574–1606; Part IV. All the World's a Stage, 1559–1607: 11. Drama as offering; the Queen's summers welcomes and Christmas revels; 12. The private audience, collegiate revels at the university; Epilogue; Notes; Table of dates, 1558–1616; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1979
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521295270
• ISBN 13: 9780521295277
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 326
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