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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153197003321

Autore

McCarthy Jeanne H.

Titolo

The children's troupes and the transformation of English theater, 1509-1608 : pedagogue playwrights, playbooks, and play-boys / / Jeanne H. McCarthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-39082-5

1-315-39080-9

1-315-39081-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Disciplina

792.083/0942

Soggetti

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

Theater - Production and direction - England - History - 16th century

Child actors - England - History - 16th century

Theater and society - England - History - 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Playbooks and playtexts : literacy, education, and printed drama -- 2. Playbooks in the Henrician era : test cases for a school and chapel auspice -- 3. Playing I : literacy and oral performance practices -- 4. Playing II : the power of performance in the school tradition -- 5. Patronage in the Tudor era -- 6. Playwrights I -- 7. Playwrights II : literary playwriting and Ben Jonson.