Awards

• Shortlisted for Theatre Book Prize 2009.
• Winner of Winner of the 2012 Elizabeth Dietz Award Shortlisted for The Theatre Book Prize 2010.

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Author:   Richard Dutton (, The Ohio State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   1.451kg
ISBN:  

9780199287246

ISBN 10:   0199287244
Pages:   744
Publication Date:   14 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

William Ingram: Introduction: Early Modern Theatre History: where we are now, how we got here, where we go next Section A: Theatre Companies 1: W.R. Streitberger: Adult Playing Companies to 1583 2: Sally-Beth MacLean: Adult Playing Companies, 1583 to 1593 3: Roslyn Knutson: Adult Playing Companies, 1593 to 1603 4: Tom Rutter: Adult Playing Companies 1603 to 1613 5: James Marino: Adult Playing Companies 1613 to 1625 6: Martin Butler: Adult playing companies 1625 to 1642 7: Michael Shapiro: Early (pre-1590) Boy Companies & their Acting Venues 8: Mary Bly: The boy companies 1599-1613 Section B: London Playhouses 9: David Kathman: Inn-yard Playhouses 10: Gabriel Egan: The Theatre in Shoreditch, 1576-1599 11: Andrew Gurr: Why the Globe is Famous 12: Ralph Alan Cohen: The Most Convenient Place: The Second Blackfriars Theatre and Its Appeal 13: Mark Bayer: The Red Bull Playhouse 14: Frances Teague: The Phoenix and the Cockpit-in-Court Playhouses Section C: Other Playing Spaces 15: Suzanne Westfall: 'He who pays the piper calls the tune': Household Entertainments 16: Alan H. Nelson: The Universities and the Inns of Court 17: Peter Greenfield: Touring 18: . John H. Astington: Court theatre 19: Anne Lancashire: London Street Theatre Section D: Social Practices 20: Alan Somerset: Not Just Sir Oliver Owlet: From Patrons to 'Patronage' of Early Modern Theatre 21: Richard Dutton: The Court, The Master of the Revels and The Players 22: Susan Cerasano: Theatre Entrepreneurs and Theatrical Economics 23: Ian W. Archer: The City of London and the Theatre 24: David Kathman: Players, Livery Companies, and Apprentices 25: Kathleen E. McLuskie: Materiality and the Market: the case of the Lady Elizabeth's Men. The Lady Elizabeth's Men and the challenge of theatre history 26: Heather Hirschfeld: 'For the author's credit': Issues of Authorship in English Renaissance Drama 27: Natasha Korda: Women in the Theatre Section E: Evidence of Theatrical Practices 28: Jacalyn Royce: Early Modern Naturalistic Acting: The Role of the Globe in the Development of Personation 29: Tiffany Stern: Actors' Parts 30: Alan C. Dessen: Stage Directions and the Theatre Historian 31: R. B. Graves: Lighting 32: Lucy Munro: Music and sound 33: Andrew Sofer: Properties 34: Thomas Postlewait: Eyewitnesses to History: Visual Evidence for Theatre in Early Modern England 35: Eva Griffith: Christopher Beeston, His Property and Properties Composite Bibliography Index

Reviews

Each of the 36 richly detailed essays beckons to be read... Many among this all-star lineup of distinguished contributors have published book-length studies on their respective academic specializations... Collectively, the essays accrue, building a comprehensive and coherent profile of the world of early modern theater P.D. Nelsen, CHOICE

For anyone wishing to gain a solid understanding of the work being undertaken in the field, or indeed to join it, this is a formidable book which both demands and repays attention... In its range and length it is a valuable reference work; in its minutiae, it is replete with scholarly insights. * Gwilym Jones, Around the Globe. * Richard Dutton has assembled an impressive array of scholars * Annotated Bibliography of English Studies * A very valuable tool * William Proctor Williams, Notes and Queries * Each of the 36 richly detailed essays beckons to be read... Many among this all-star line-up of distinguished contributors have published book-length studies on their respective academic specializations... Collectively, the essays accrue, building a comprehensive and coherent profile of the world of early modern theater * P.D. Nelsen, CHOICE *

Each of the 36 richly detailed essays beckons to be read... Many among this all-star lineup of distinguished contributors have published book-length studies on their respective academic specializations... Collectively, the essays accrue, building a comprehensive and coherent profile of the world of early modern theater P.D. Nelsen, CHOICE a very valuable tool William Proctor Williams, Notes and Queries

Author Information

Richard Dutton has been Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio State University since 2003. Previously he was at Lancaster University in England for thirty years. Working on the borders of literary criticism and theatre history, he is best known for his work on early modern censorship, including Mastering the Revels: the Regulation and Censorship of English Renaissance Drama (1991) and Licensing, Censorship and Authorship in Early Modern England: Buggeswords (2000). Ben Jonson, 'Volpone' and the Gunpowder Plot (2008) is his third monograph on Jonson. His scholarly editing includes Jonson's Epicenehas an NEH Fellowship in 2008/9 to work on Shakespeare's revision of his plays for court performance.

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