Awards

• Shortlisted for Theatre Book Prize 2000.
• Winner of Shortlisted for The Theatre Book Prize 2000.

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9780198711582

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Gives striking examples of the use of costumes, props, gestures, and specific design features ... a careful study of stage movement. Years Work in English Studies Oxford University Press offer a mix of engagingly written introductions to a variety of Topics intended largely for undergraduates. Each author has clearly been reading and listening to the most recent scholarship, but they wear their learning lightly. Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement

`an excellent survey of the material conditions of the major London and London-area playhouses' SEL 41,2 (Spring 2001) `a host of ... fascinating questions are enlighteningly explored in Gurr and Ichikawa's authoritative and highly readable book.' Rex Gibson, Around the Globe, Jan 01. `an engrossing account of major features of Elizabethan playhouses, together with equally thought-provoking descriptions of how the playwrights worked, and rehearsal practices.' Rex Gibson, Around the Globe, Jan 01. `This fine book won't give you definitive answers, but it will provide the relevant evidence and the best possible conjectures. It's a necessary book for all Globe lovers.' Rex Gibson, Around the Globe, Jan 01. `this well-structured and easily accessible book is highly recommended to anyone interested in Shakespeare' Gaby Frey, Variations

Oxford University Press offer a mix of engagingly written introductions to a variety of Topics intended largely for undergraduates. Each author has clearly been reading and listening to the most recent scholarship, but they wear their learning lightly. * Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement * Gives striking examples of the use of costumes, props, gestures, and specific design features ... a careful study of stage movement. * Years Work in English Studies *

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Andrew Gurr is Professor of English at the University of Reading. Mariko Ichikawa is Associate Professor of English at the University of Tohoku, Japan.

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