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Invaluable source material for professional theatre directors and for students of English dramatic literature is provided by this detailed examination of playhouse procedures from Shakespeare's own acting company. In careful analysis, T. J. King reveals how the size and composition of the casts of characters for Shakespeare's plays were determined by common theatrical practices at London playhouses between 1590, about the time Shakespeare began his work as a playwright, and 1642, when the theatres were closed by order of Parliament. Although recent scholarship has chronicled the history of the Globe and other contemporary playhouses, there has been little systematic investigation of casting for Shakespeare's repertory company. To close the gap, Professor King studies eight manuscripts from performances at important Elizabethan playhouses, fifteen pre-Restoration plays that identify the men and boys who play principal roles, and authoritative texts of all thirty-eight plays usually ascribed to Shakespeare. From this evidence,we can now answer questions about the number of men and boys required as actors, which actors played male roles and which played female roles, and how much time

Author

T. J. King; Thomas James King

Publisher

Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521107211

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, History