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Playgoing in Shakespeare´s London
Andrew Gurr
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Description for Playgoing in Shakespeare´s London
Paperback. A newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of playgoing in Shakespeare's time. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540. 360 pages, 22 b/w illus. A newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of playgoing in Shakespeare's time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; AN. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight: 562.
This is a newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. Gurr assembles evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical structure of the playhouses, 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. As well as revising and adding new material which has emerged since the second edition, Gurr develops new sections. He considers the difference between Shakespearean and modern thinking about early staging, the ... Read more
This is a newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. Gurr assembles evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical structure of the playhouses, 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. As well as revising and adding new material which has emerged since the second edition, Gurr develops new sections. He considers the difference between Shakespearean and modern thinking about early staging, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521543224
SKU
V9780521543224
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About Andrew Gurr
Andrew Gurr is Emeritus Professor, University of Reading. His many books include The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 (third edition 1993), Writers in Exile, Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (second edition 1996), The Shakespearian Playing Companies (1996), and (with Mariko Ichikawa) Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres (2000).
Reviews for Playgoing in Shakespeare´s London
"...a staple in Shakespeare studies. Essential." P.D. Nelsen, Marlboro College, CHOICE "This amusing glimpse into the habits of the London audiences, and the use to which Gurr puts it, are characteristic of his informative study." The Times Literary Supplement