Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England

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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.

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  • ISBN13 9780230597549
  • Released 2002
  • Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format Elektronisk medie
  • Language English