Child actors on the London stage, circa 1600 : their education, recruitment and theatrical success /

"A legal document dated 1600, for a Star Chamber case titled Clifton vs. Robinson, details how boys were abducted from London streets and forcibly held in order to train them as actors for the Blackfriars theatre. No adults were seen on-stage in this theatre, which was stocked solely by acting...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ackroyd, Julie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Eastbourne : Chicago, IL : Canada : Sussex Academic Press ; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; Sussex Academic Press (Canada), 2017.
Subjects:
1500-1600
Theater > England > London > History > 16th century.
Child actors > England > History > 16th century.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Theater and society > England > History > 16th century.
Théâtre > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Enfants acteurs > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Child actors.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Theater.
Theater and society.
England.
England > London.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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