Acting Companies and their Plays in Shakespeares London
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Acting Companies and their Plays in Shakespeares London by Siobhan Keenan
Siobhan Keenan's comprehensive survey of the key acting companies of the early modern period offers undergraduates and scholars a new perspective on how their demands effected the sort of plays being written and the multiple factors which fostered and formed the theatre ofrenaissance England.
It's hard to imagine a better modern introduction to the commercial and artistic business of theatre in the early modern period than Siobhan Keenan's Acting Companies and their Plays in Shakespeare's London [...] The book is well structured to combine survey and analysis, and a case study in each chapter develops its key findings in more depth. -- Emma Smith, University of Oxford, UK * Around the Globe *
Contemporary scholarship on Shakespeare, Elizabethan theater, and early modern culture can seem overwhelming in scope, esoteric in content, and impenetrable in presentation. Keenan’s accessible, concise volume is not in that mold … Each chapter also offers a specific case study in which Keenan meticulously applies the concepts of the chapter to a specific play. Keenan impresses on readers the vitality and significance of acting companies in relation to this celebrated period of theater. This book will be indispensable for those exploring Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Summing Up: Essential. Academic readers at all levels, professionals, general readers. -- S. B. Skelton, Kansas State University * CHOICE *
If anyone is seeking comprehensive guidance through the morass of acting companies in Shakespeare’s England, this is the place to go to. * Shakespeare Newsletter *
Contemporary scholarship on Shakespeare, Elizabethan theater, and early modern culture can seem overwhelming in scope, esoteric in content, and impenetrable in presentation. Keenan’s accessible, concise volume is not in that mold … Each chapter also offers a specific case study in which Keenan meticulously applies the concepts of the chapter to a specific play. Keenan impresses on readers the vitality and significance of acting companies in relation to this celebrated period of theater. This book will be indispensable for those exploring Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Summing Up: Essential. Academic readers at all levels, professionals, general readers. -- S. B. Skelton, Kansas State University * CHOICE *
If anyone is seeking comprehensive guidance through the morass of acting companies in Shakespeare’s England, this is the place to go to. * Shakespeare Newsletter *
Siobhan Keenan is a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408146637 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408146630 |
| Title | Acting Companies and their Plays in Shakespeares London |
| Author | Siobhan Keenan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2014-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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