"Public" and "private" playhouses in Renaissance England : the politics of publication /
At the start of the seventeenth century a distinction emerged between 'public,' outdoor, amphitheater playhouses and 'private', indoor, hall venues. This book is the first sustained attempt to ask why? Theater historians have long acknowledged these terms, but have failed to atte...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Series: | Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Summary: | At the start of the seventeenth century a distinction emerged between 'public,' outdoor, amphitheater playhouses and 'private', indoor, hall venues. This book is the first sustained attempt to ask why? Theater historians have long acknowledged these terms, but have failed to attest to their variety and complexity. Assessing a range of evidence, from the start of the Elizabethan period to the beginning of the Restoration, the book overturns received scholarly wisdom to reach new insights into the politics of theater culture and playbook publication. Standard accounts of the 'public' and 'private' theatres have either ignored the terms, or offered insubstantial explanations for their use. This book opens up the rich range of meanings made available by these vitally important terms and offers a fresh perspective on the way dramatists, theater owners, booksellers and legislators, conceived the playhouses of Renaissance London. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 95 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-89) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137494917 1137494913 |