Overview

In this scholarly and entertaining book, first published in 1987, the author tells the story of Jacobean private theatre. Most of the best plays written after 1610, including Shakespeare’s late plays such as The Tempest, were written for the new breed of private playhouses – small, roofed and designed for an aristocratic, literary audience, as opposed to the larger, open-air houses such as the Globe and the Red Bull, catering for a popular, ‘lowbrow’ audience. The author discusses the polarisation of taste and the effect it had on literary criticism and theatre history. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.

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Author:   Keith Sturgess
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781138236547

ISBN 10:   1138236543
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   25 September 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Jacobean Private Theatre; Part One: Private Theatre: Audiences, Buildings and Repertory; 2. The Audiences of the Jacobean Private Theatre 3. Jacobean Private Playhouses 4. The Private Theatre Companies, their Playwrights and their Repertory; Part Two: Blackfriars Plays; 5. ‘A Quaint Device’: The Tempest at the Blackfriars 6. ‘A Perspective that Shows us Hell’: The Duchess of Malfi at the Blackfriars 7. ‘Some High-Tuned Poem’: The Broken Heart at the Blackfriars; Part Three: The King’s Theatre; 8. Court Theatre, 1603-42 9. ‘Excellent Creeping Sport’: Bartholomew Fair at the Banqueting House 10. ‘The Crystal Mirror of your Reign’ Coelum Britannicum at the Banqueting House; Notes; Index

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