Andrew Gurr

The Shakespeare Company, 1594-1642

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first complete history of the theatre company, created in 1594, which in 1603 became the King's Men. Shakespeare was at the heart of the team of players, who with their successors ran an operation that lasted until the theatres closed in 1642. During those forty-eight years they staged all of Shakespeare's plays, a number of Ben Jonson's, those of Thomas Middleton and John Webster, and almost all of the Beaumont and Fletcher canon. Andrew Gurr provides a comprehensive history of the company's activities. A chapter on their finances explains the unique management system they adopted and two chapters study the fashions in their repertory and the complex relationships with their royal patrons. The 6 appendixes identify the 99 players who worked in the company and the 168 plays they are known to have owned and performed, as well as the key documents from the company's history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9780521172455
• ISBN-10: 0521172454
• Artikelnr.: 30977159

Autorenporträt

Andrew Gurr is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Reading. As chief academic advisor, he was a key figure in the project to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. His many publications include Shakespeare's Opposites, The Admiral's Company 1594¿1625, The Shakespearean Stage 1574¿1642, 4th edition (2009) and Playgoing in Shakespeare's London, 3rd edition (2004). Professor Gurr regularly contributes articles on Shakespeare to publications ranging from Shakespeare Survey to the Times Literary Supplement.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. The plan of 1594; 2. The company's work; 3. 'Will money buy 'em?': company finances; 4. 'Workes are playes': the public repertory; 5. Royal loyalties; 6. The afterlife; Appendix 1. The players; Appendix 2. Documents about the company; Appendix 3. The Sharers' Papers; Appendix 4. The repertory; Appendix 5. Surviving play-texts; Appendix 6. Court performances; Bibliography; Index.

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Preface
1. The plan of 1594
2. The company's work
3. 'Will money buy 'em?': company finances
4. 'Workes are playes': the public repertory
5. Royal loyalties
6. The afterlife
Appendix 1. The players
Appendix 2. Documents about the company
Appendix 3. The sharers' papers
Appendix 4. The repertory
Appendix 5. Surviving play-texts
Appendix 6. Court performances
Bibliography
Index.

Rezensionen

'Andrew Gurr's The Shakespeare Company, 1594-1642 fills an enormous gap ... an important reference work, and a book necessary for every serious scholar of theatre history, Shakespeare and Shakespeare's milieu.' Around the Globe