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

• Autore: McCarthy Jeanne H.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 792.083/0942
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Children's Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509-1608 uncovers the role of the children's companies in transforming perceptions of authorship and publishing, performance, use of theatre space, and religious and gender politics in the sixteenth century.
• Titolo autorizzato: The children's troupes and the transformation of English theater, 1509-1608
• ISBN: 1-315-39082-5; 1-315-39080-9; 1-315-39081-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153197003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in performance and early modern drama.