Jacobean private theatre
Keith Sturgess (Author)
In this scholarly and entertaining book, first published in 1987, the author tells the story of Jacobean private theatre. 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.
Print Book, English, 2017
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxon, 2017
Routledge library editions, v. 15, volume 15
Criticism, interpretation, etc
ix, 228 pages ; 24 cm
9781138236547, 1138236543
1030910675
Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Jacobean Private Theatre; Part One: Private Theatre: Audiences, Buildings and Repertory; 2. The Audiences of the Jacobean Private Theatre 3. Jacobean Private Playhouses 4. The Private Theatre Companies, their Playwrights and their Repertory; Part Two: Blackfriars Plays; 5. ‘A Quaint Device’: The Tempest at the Blackfriars 6. ‘A Perspective that Shows us Hell’: The Duchess of Malfi at the Blackfriars 7. ‘Some High-Tuned Poem’: The Broken Heart at the Blackfriars; Part Three: The King’s Theatre; 8. Court Theatre, 1603-42 9. ‘Excellent Creeping Sport’: Bartholomew Fair at the Banqueting House 10. ‘The Crystal Mirror of your Reign’ Coelum Britannicum at the Banqueting House; Notes; Index