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Playing companies and commerce in Shakespeare's time /
"Playing Companies and Commerce in Shakespeare's Time examines the nature of commercial relations among the theatre companies in London during the time of Shakespeare. Roslyn Knutson argues that the companies cooperated in the adoption of business practices that would enable the theatrical...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Playing Companies and Commerce in Shakespeare's Time examines the nature of commercial relations among the theatre companies in London during the time of Shakespeare. Roslyn Knutson argues that the companies cooperated in the adoption of business practices that would enable the theatrical enterprise to flourish. Suggesting the guild as a model of economic cooperation, Knutson considers the networks of fellowship among players, the marketing strategies of the repertory, and company relationships with playwrights and members of the book trade. The book challenges two entrenched views about theatrical commerce: that companies engaged in cut-throat rivalry to drive one another out of business, and that companies based business decisions on the personal and professional quarrels of the players and dramatists with whom they worked. This important contribution to theatre history will be of interest to scholars of drama and literature as well as historians."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511040822 9780511040825 0511118422 9780511118425 9780521772426 0521772427 9780511486043 0511486049 9780511049774 0511049773 1107119677 9781107119673 1280154691 9781280154690 0511152930 9780511152931 0511327714 9780511327711 |