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| #6124418 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1996-09-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.98 x.87 x5.98l,.11 | File type: PDF | 325 pages | ||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Witty and information-packed|By Rory Coker|You've borrowed Mr. Peabody's time machine and come to London in circa 1600 to attend a play at the Globe. The riffraff, who paid a penny to get in, are standing around the stage for the full 3-hour performance... apprentices, sailors, rivermen, prostitutes, a cross-section of working London. But if you raise your eyes to the three||'Playgoing in Shakespeare's London will prove an indispensable quarry for information on theatres and audiences for a long time to come.' Renaissance Drama Newsletter
'The most vivid and substantial account of the playgoers of Shakespeare's time.' T
This is a new edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. Gurr assembles all the evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical structure of the different types of playhouse, the services provided in the auditorium, the cost of a ticket and a cushion, the size of the crowds, the smells, the pickpockets, and the collective feelings generated by the plays. Since 1987 there have been many new discoveries abou...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Playgoing in Shakespeare's London | Andrew Gurr. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
