| Contents |
Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; Note on Texts; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Multiple Venues, Theatre Space and Combined Practices; The Blackfriars; The Globe; Theatre Space and Repertory at the Globe and Blackfriars; 1 Social Space; 1.1 'Private' Blackfriars; 1.2 'Public' Globe; 2 Urban Space; 2.1 Liberty Politics in the Blackfriars and Southwark; 2.2 'Our Scene Is London': The Alchemist at the Blackfriars; 3 Playing Space; 3.1 Soundscapes at the Globe, Blackfriars and in the Tempest. |
| Contents |
3.2 'So Glistred in the Torchy Fryers': Effects of Candlelight Indoors; 4 Haunted Space; 4.1 Reformation Memories at the Blackfriars; 4.2 Staging Memory at the Blackfriars and the Globe in Henry VIII; Coda: Reconstructed Playhouses and Haunted Space; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: Repertories; The Chamberlain's/King's Men's Repertory, 1599-1613; The Children of the Queen's Revels' Repertory, 1600-1608; Bibliography; Index. |
| Abstract |
"In what ways did playwrights like Shakespeare respond to the two urban locations of the Globe and the Blackfriars? What was the effect of their different acoustic and visual experiences on actors and audiences? What did the labels 'public' for the Globe and 'private' for the Blackfriars, actually mean in practice? Sarah Dustagheer offers the first in-depth, comparative analysis of the performance conditions of the two sites. This engaging study examines how the social, urban, sensory and historical characteristics of these playhouses affected dramatists, audiences and actors. Each chapter provides new interpretations of seminal King's Men's works written as the company began to perform in both settings, including The Alchemist, The Tempest and Henry VIII. Presenting a rich and compelling account of the two early modern theatres, the book also suggests fresh insights into recent contemporary productions at Shakespeare's Globe, London and the new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 24, 2017). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Dustagheer, Sarah. Shakespeare's two playhouses. Cambridge, United Kingsom : Cambridge University Press, 2017 9781107190160 1107190169 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9781108120081 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1108120083 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781108119481 |
| ISBN | 1108119484 |
| ISBN | 9781316996874 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1316996875 |
| ISBN | 9781316640326 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1316640329 |
