Shakespeare by stages: an historical introduction

by Kinney, Arthur F.

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Title Statements

Full title :Shakespeare by stages : an historical introduction / Arthur F. Kinney.

Summary

"In this text, Arthur F. Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater. He focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing in order to show how they both inspired and restricted Shakespeare's art." "Subjects treated range from the venues where Shakespeare's plays were first performed, and the practicalities of the acting profession, to the composition of audiences, and the cultural and regulatory contexts in which companies of players operated. Each topic is discussed in relation to a diverse selection of Shakespeare's plays as well as contemporary documents, so that the plays and the theatrical world in which they were produced constantly illuminate one another. A core of twenty-two plays is considered in total."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Blackwell Pub
Place of Publication:Malden, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 180 pages : : illustrations, map ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0631224688, 9780631224686, 0631224696, 9780631224693
oclc:ocm49699502
LC Classification:PR3095
Dewey Decimal:792.9/5/09420931

List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Stages -- Players -- Playgoers -- Equipment -- Reactions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Subjects

Art dramàtic -- S. XVI-XVII. -- Anglate… Aufführung Drama England Geschichte 1580-1630 History Shakespeare, William Teatre -- S. XVI-XVII. -- Anglaterra Theater Theater -- History -- 16th century. -- … Theater -- History -- 17th century. -- … Théâtre -- Histoire -- 16e siècle. -- A… Théâtre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle. -- A… To 1699 Toneelvoorstellingen