Theatre, community, and civic engagement in Jacobean London /

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Taking to heart Thomas Heywood's claim that plays "persuade men to humanity and good life, instruct them in civility and good manners, showing them the fruits of honesty, and the end of villainy," Mark Bayer's captivating new study argues that the early modern London theatre was...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Bayer, Mark, 1973-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Collection:Studies in theatre history and culture.
Sujets:
1600-1699
Theater and society > England > History > 17th century.
Theater > England > London > History > 17th century.
Théâtre et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Théâtre > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 17e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Theater.
Theater and society.
England.
England > London.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Taking to heart Thomas Heywood's claim that plays "persuade men to humanity and good life, instruct them in civility and good manners, showing them the fruits of honesty, and the end of villainy," Mark Bayer's captivating new study argues that the early modern London theatre was an important community institution whose influence extended far beyond its economic, religious, educational, and entertainment contributions. Bayer concentrates not on the theatres where Shakespeare's plays were performed but on two important amphitheatres, the Fortune and the Red Bull, t.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
ISBN:9781609380403
1609380401

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