John Lowin and the English theatre, 1603-1647 : acting and cultural politics on the Jacobean and Caroline stage / / Barbara Wooding

• Autore: Wooding Barbara
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.02/32092
• Soggetto topico: Actors - Great Britain; Theatrical managers - Great Britain
• Note generali: "First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations for Frequently-Cited Works; Spelling Conventions; Introduction; 1 From Cripplegate to Bankside; 2 Pamphlets, Plays, Pageants and 'Prentices; 3 'Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang'; 4 Parish and Playhouse; 5 'We now touch the height of humane glorie'; 6 'A Protean actor varijnge everie shape with the occasion'; 7 Theatre, Citizens and Court; 8 The Soddered Citizen: An Investigation; 9 John Lowin: An Actor for All Seasons; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the first full-length study devoted to John Lowin, Wooding provides a comprehensive overview of the life and times of one of the greatest actors of seventeenth-century England. She examines his involvement in the Jacobean/Caroline world as citizen, performer, and manager of King's Men's Company, and contextualizes his life and career within the socio-economic and political framework of the period.
• Titolo autorizzato: John Lowin and the English theatre, 1603-1647
• ISBN: 1-4724-0687-7; 1-317-11064-1; 1-315-59056-5; 1-4094-5268-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815752603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in performance and early modern drama.