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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. ** Theater Performing Arts General Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Original Title 6 Original Copyright 7 Dedication 8 Contents 10 Illustrations 11 Preface and Acknowledgments 14 1 Introduction: Jacobean Private Theatre 16 PART ONE Private Theatre: Audiences, Buildings and Repertory 24 2 The Audiences of the Jacobean Private Theatre 26 3 Jacobean Private Playhouses 42 4 The Private Theatre Companies, their Playwrights and their Repertory 71 PART TWO Blackfriars Plays 86 5 'A Quaint Device': The Tempest at the Bla

Author

Keith Sturgess

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9781138236547

Subjects

History, Performing Arts, Sports