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Author:   Andrew Gurr (University of Reading) ,  Farah Karim-Cooper
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781108438759

ISBN 10:   110843875
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   16 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Andrew Gurr and Farah Karim-Cooper; Part I. The Context of Hard Evidence: 1. Why the theatres changed John H. Astington; 2. Practical evidence for a re-imagined indoor Jacobean theatre Jon Greenfield and Peter McCurdy; 3. Documentary evidence for an indoor Jacobean theatre Oliver Jones; 4. Continuities and innovations in staging Mariko Ichikawa; Part II. Materiality Indoors: 5. 'A ruinous monastery': the Second Blackfriars playhouse as a place of nostalgia Tiffany Stern; 6. 'When torchlight made an artificial noon': light and darkness in the indoor Jacobean theatre Martin White; 7. Acoustic and visual practices indoors Sarah Dustagheer; 8. The audience of the indoor theatre Penelope Woods; 9. In the event of fire Paul Menzer; 10. To glisten in a playhouse: cosmetic beauty indoors Farah Karim-Cooper; Part III. The New Fashions for Indoors: 11. The new fashion for indoor plays Andrew Gurr; 12. Changing fashions: tragicomedy, romance and heroic women in the 1630s hall-playhouses Eleanor Collins; 13. Reviving the legacy of indoor performance Bart van Es; Appendix: list of plays performed at indoor playhouses, 1575–1642 Sarah Dustagheer.

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'Definitely a must-read for anyone studying theatre history or working on Jacobean drama.' Susan Elkin, The Stage '... a comprehensive and nuanced study of the Blackfriars. ... this elegant collection of essays sheds new light on how the material conditions of the Blackfriars may have influenced the ways in which plays were performed there ...' Joel Benabu, Comparative Drama

'Definitely a must-read for anyone studying theatre history or working on Jacobean drama.' Susan Elkin, The Stage '... a comprehensive and nuanced study of the Blackfriars. ... this elegant collection of essays sheds new light on how the material conditions of the Blackfriars may have influenced the ways in which plays were performed there ...' Joel Benabu, Comparative Drama Definitely a must-read for anyone studying theatre history or working on Jacobean drama. Susan Elkin, The Stage ... a comprehensive and nuanced study of the Blackfriars. ... this elegant collection of essays sheds new light on how the material conditions of the Blackfriars may have influenced the ways in which plays were performed there ... Joel Benabu, Comparative Drama

Author Information

Andrew Gurr has taught at universities in New Zealand, England, Kenya and the USA. He spent twenty years as Director of Research at the Shakespeare Globe Centre, London. His academic books include Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (Cambridge, 1987), The Shakespearean Stage, 1574–1642 (Cambridge, 1992), The Shakespearian Playing Companies (1996), The Shakespeare Company 1594–1642 (2004), and Shakespeare's Opposites (Cambridge, 2009). Farah Karim-Cooper is Head of Higher Education and Research at Shakespeare's Globe and Visiting Research Fellow of King's College London. At the Globe, she is leading the research into the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the new indoor Jacobean theatre. She is the author of Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama (2006), Shakespeare's Globe: A Theatrical Experiment (co-edited with Christie Carson, Cambridge, 2008), Shakespeare's Theatres and the Effects of Performance (co-edited with Tiffany Stern, 2013); and The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage (2016).

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