Shakespeare's lost playhouse: eleven days at Newington Butts
Authored book
Book Title | Shakespeare's lost playhouse: eleven days at Newington Butts |
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Book Category | Authored book |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
Authors | |
Author | Johnson, Laurie |
Number of Pages | 214 |
Series | Routledge Studies in Shakespeare |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of Publication | New York |
ISBN | 9781138296336 |
9781315098012 | |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351578837 |
Abstract | 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 ledgers of theatre entrepreneur, Philip Henslowe, we have a record of this short venture. Shakespeare's Lost Playhouse is an exploration of a brief moment in time when the focus of the theatrical world in England was on this small playhouse. To write this history, Johnson draws on archival studies, archaeology, environmental studies, geography, social, political, and cultural studies as well as methods developed within literary and theatre history to expand the scope of our understanding of the theatres, the rise of the playing business, and the formations of the playing companies. |
Keywords | William Shakespeare; Elizabethan drama; Elizabethan theatres; Renaissance drama; London playhouses; Newington Butts |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470504. British and Irish literature |
430304. British history | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4919/shakespeare-s-lost-playhouse-eleven-days-at-newington-butts
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