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Format: 1 online resource (xxix, 540 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9781139054058 (ebook)

Content: Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of British Theatre begins in Roman Britain and ends with Charles II's restoration to the throne imminent. The four essays in Part I treat pre-Elizabethan theatre, the eight in Part II focus on the riches of the Elizabethan era, and the seven in Part III on theatrical developments during and after the reigns of James I and Charles I. The essays are written for the general reader by leading British and American scholars, who combine an interest in the written drama with an understanding of the material conditions of the evolving professional theatre which the drama helped to sustain, often enough against formidable odds. The volume unfolds a story of enterprise, innovation and, sometimes, of desperate survival over years in which theatre and drama were necessarily embroiled in the politics of everyday life: a vivid subject vividly presented.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015). , Pre-Elizabethan theatre -- , From Roman to Renaissance in drama and theatre / , Faith, pastime, performance and drama in Scotland to 1603 / , The Bible as play in Reformation England / , Drama in 1553: continuity and change / , Elizabethan theatre -- , The development of a professional theatre, 1540-1660 / , Drama outside London after 1540 / , 'An example of courtesy and liberality': great households and performance / , The birth of an industry / , Theatre and controversy, 1572-1603 / , The condition of theatre in England in 1599 / , Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour : a Case Study / , London professional playhouses and performances / , Jacobean and Caroline theatre -- , Working playwrights, 1580-1642 / , Theatre and controversy, 1603-1642 / , The Stuart masque and its makers / , Clowns, fools and knaves: stages in the evolution of acting / , Thomas Middleton's A Game at Chess : a case study / , The condition of the theatres in 1642 / , Theatre and Commonwealth /

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9780521650403

Language: English

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521650403

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Edition: Online-Ausg. 2008 Online-Ressource

ISBN: 9781139054058

Content: Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of British Theatre begins in Roman Britain and ends with Charles II's restoration to the throne imminent. The four essays in Part I treat pre-Elizabethan theatre, the eight in Part II focus on the riches of the Elizabethan era, and the seven in Part III on theatrical developments during and after the reigns of James I and Charles I. The essays are written for the general reader by leading British and American scholars, who combine an interest in the written drama with an understanding of the material conditions of the evolving professional theatre which the drama helped to sustain, often enough against formidable odds. The volume unfolds a story of enterprise, innovation and, sometimes, of desperate survival over years in which theatre and drama were necessarily embroiled in the politics of everyday life: a vivid subject vividly presented

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Additional Edition: ISBN 0521650402

Additional Edition: Druckausg. The Cambridge history of British theatre ; 1: Origins to 1660 Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004 ISBN 0521650402

Additional Edition: Print version ISBN 9780521650403

Language: English

DOI: 10.1017/CHOL9780521650403

URL: Volltext

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XXIX, 540 S.) : , Ill., Kt.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-521-65040-2 , 978-0-521-65040-3 , 978-1-139-05405-8

Series Statement: Cambridge histories online

Language: English

Subjects: General works , English Studies

DOI: 10.1017/CHOL9780521650403

URL: Volltext