Performing Childhood in the Early Modern Theatre : The Children's Playing Companies (1599-1613) /

This book investigates how the Children of Paul's (1599-1606) and the Children of the Queen's Revels (1600-13) defined their players as children and, via an analysis of their plays and theatrical practices, it examines early modern theatre as a site in which children have the opportunity t...

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Main Author: Lamb, Edel (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Early modern literature in history.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book investigates how the Children of Paul's (1599-1606) and the Children of the Queen's Revels (1600-13) defined their players as children and, via an analysis of their plays and theatrical practices, it examines early modern theatre as a site in which children have the opportunity to articulate their emerging selfhoods.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 189 pages)
ISBN:9780230594739
DOI:10.1057/9780230594739