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This book offers an accessible introduction to England's sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century playing industry and a fresh account of the architecture, multiple uses, communities, crowds, and proprietors of playhouses.
It builds on recent scholarship and new documentary and archaeological discoveries to answer the questions: what did playhouses do, what did…
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1 author picked What Is a Playhouse? England at Play, 1520-1620 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Some of the most exciting discoveries in theatre history in recent years have been archaeological, not archival: the excavation of the Curtain theatre’s foundations in Shoreditch, for example, and the revelation that it was rectangular and much larger than previously thought. Davies’ new book capitalises on a series of such findings and complements them with his own rigorous archival work, putting pressure on the very concept of a ‘playhouse’ and what it can be—or rather, what it meant to Shakespeare’s audiences.
From David's list on to understand the history of Shakespeare's theatre.
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