Playgoing in Shakespeare's London - Softcover

Gurr, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521574498 ISBN 13: 9780521574495

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This is a new edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. Gurr assembles all the evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical structure of the different types of playhouse, 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. Since 1987 there have been many new discoveries about Shakespeare's theatres. Gurr introduces fresh evidence about the experience of attending a play in Shakespeare's time, adds more than thirty new entries to his account of the early playgoers and provides a select bibliography.

About this title

Book Description:

This is a new edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. He introduces fresh evidence about the experience of being at a play in Shakespeare's time, adds thirty new entries to his account of the early playgoers and a new bibliography.

About the Author:

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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521574498
• ISBN 13: 9780521574495
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 325