Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England

by Siobhan Kennan and S. Keenan

Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England is the first extended study of the touring practices and performances of Elizabethan and Jacobean travelling players. It opens with a general introduction to the lively, competitive world of professional touring theatre. Following chapters focus on playing practices and performances in the spaces used as temporary theatres by touring actors (such a town halls and country houses). The final chapter looks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333968204
• ISBN13: 9780333968208
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.3"