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The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre
W. R. Streitberger
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Description for The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre
Hardcover. The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre offers a complete revision of established views of the structure and function of Elizabeth I's Revels Office, arguing that the revels essentially became a commercial enterprise, paid for by the ordinary Londoners. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre places the Revels Office and Elizabeth I's court theatre in a pre-modern, patronage and gift-exchange driven-world of centralized power in which hospitality, liberality, and conspicuous display were fundamental aspects of social life. W.R. Streitberger reconsiders the relationship between the biographies of the Masters and the conduct of their duties, rethinking the organization and development of the Office, re-examining its productions, and exploring its impact on the development of the commercial theatre. The nascent capitalist economy that developed alongside and interpenetrated the gift-driven system that was in place during Elizabeth's reign ... Read more
The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre places the Revels Office and Elizabeth I's court theatre in a pre-modern, patronage and gift-exchange driven-world of centralized power in which hospitality, liberality, and conspicuous display were fundamental aspects of social life. W.R. Streitberger reconsiders the relationship between the biographies of the Masters and the conduct of their duties, rethinking the organization and development of the Office, re-examining its productions, and exploring its impact on the development of the commercial theatre. The nascent capitalist economy that developed alongside and interpenetrated the gift-driven system that was in place during Elizabeth's reign ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
633g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198719670
SKU
V9780198719670
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About W. R. Streitberger
W.R. Streitberger, Professor of English and faculty member in the interdisciplinary Program in Textual Studies at the University of Washington, is the author of several books and a number of articles principally concerned with the history of early modern English theatre.
Reviews for The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre
This book is the culmination of forty years' work by Streitberger, and will be highly valued for the wealth of information that it presents, particularly in a month-by-month calendar of court revels and spectacles for the whole extent of Elizabeth's reign, and in biographical details for each of the Masters of the Revels.
Helen Hackett, Times Literary Supplement
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Helen Hackett, Times Literary Supplement
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