Not So Tedious Ways to Think about the Locations of the Early Playhouses
Edited book (chapter)
Johnson, Laurie. 2020. "Not So Tedious Ways to Think about the Locations of the Early Playhouses." Hopkins, Lisa and Angus, Bill (ed.) Reading the Road, from Shakespeare's Crossways to Bunyan's Highways. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 107-126
Chapter Title | Not So Tedious Ways to Think about the Locations of the Early Playhouses |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 1755 |
Book Title | Reading the Road, from Shakespeare's Crossways to Bunyan's Highways |
Authors | |
Author | Johnson, Laurie |
Editors | Hopkins, Lisa and Angus, Bill |
Page Range | 107-126 |
Chapter Number | 6 |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Place of Publication | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781474454117 |
9781474454148 | |
Abstract | Roads have been largely invisible in the histories of the Elizabethan playhouses. A London-centric bias positions roads as a defining feature of the lives of travelling players but roads disappear from the narrative of the rise of purpose-built playhouses. This chapter seeks to consider the movements of players and audiences in decisions about where to locate the early playhouses, particularly given their location on roads leading to the fields on which mandated archery practice took place. |
Keywords | Shakespeare; William; playhouses; archery; roads; audience |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470504. British and Irish literature |
430304. British history | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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