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The Cambridge introduction to early English theatre

Covering early English theatre from the earliest recorded vernacular texts in the late medieval period to the closing of the theatres in 1642, this introduction gives an accessible overview of the historical development of theatre. It includes full chronologies, helpful text boxes and over twenty illustrations.
Print Book, English, 2006
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006
XIV, 296 p. : il., mapas ; 24 cm
9780521834742, 9780521542517, 0521834740, 0521542510
912428236
1. Places of performance; 2. Actors and audiences; 3. Writers, controllers and the place of theatre; 4. Genre and tradition; 5. Instruction and spectacle; Appendix 1. Select chronology of plays and other performances; Appendix 2. Chronology of events; Appendix 3. Dimensions of playing spaces; Bibliography.
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