Shakespeare's Lost Playhouse: Eleven Days at Newington Butts

by Laurie Johnson and Laurie Johnson

The playhouse at Newington Butts has long remained on the fringes of histories of Shakespeare's career and of the golden age of the theatre with which his name is associated. A mile outside London, and relatively disused by the time Shakespeare began his career in the theatre, this playhouse has been easy to forget. Yet for eleven days in June, 1594, it was home to the two companies that would come to dominate the London theatres. Thanks to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367888831
• ISBN13: 9780367888831
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"