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ISBN: 0521574498

ISBN13: 9780521574495

Playgoing in Shakespeare's London

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By Andrew Gurr

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Book Overview

Andrew Gurr's classic account of Shakespeare's historical audience assembles evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical, social and mental conditions of playgoing. In addition to revising and adding new material which has emerged since the second edition, Gurr develops new sections about points of special interest. Fifty new entries have been added to the list of playgoers and a dozen new quotations about the experience of playgoing. Second Edition Hb (1996): 0-521-58014-5 Second Edition Pb (1996): 0-521-57449-8 This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521574498

ISBN13:9780521574495

Release Date:September 1996

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:325 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Rated 4 stars
Witty and information-packed

By Thriftbooks.com User, March 6, 2006

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 tiers of boxes, what kinds of Londoners do you see? This is the question that Gurr investigates,...

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Rated 5 stars
Accurate and meticulous description of Shakespeare's Theatre

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 26, 2001

An excellent book complete with little-known details about the state of the theatre in England during Shakespeare's time. A great source for those researching theatre and theatre history as well as reading up on Shakespeare himself. Highly recommended.

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Rated 4 stars
Detailed but interesting reading

By Thriftbooks.com User, April 24, 2000

I never knew until I read this book, how little is really known about playgoing in Shakespeare's time. Much has to be deduced from adding a letter here, to a playbill there, to an essay from somewhere else. Gurr is an excellent writer and does a great job in this book of making such a collection of details interesting reading. He also does an absolutely outstanding job of drawing conclusions based on evidence and not...

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