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Shakespearean Playhouses / A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration

Joseph Quincy Adams

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  • Book language: English
  • 414 pages

This is a historical survey of English theatres from their beginnings to the Restoration, with special attention to the playhouses associated with Shakespeare. It traces how stages, companies and audiences shaped early modern drama, offering context for the plays. Listeners interested in theatre history and Shakespeare's working world will find it informative.

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Transcriber's Notes: The original book cites Holland's
Herωologia
in
several
places,
but
consistently
misspells it Heroωlogia. This has been corrected based
on the image of the original title page of Herωologia
at the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov.
The original book contains a number of full-page
illustrations. In this e-book, these illustrations have
been moved to the nearest paragraph break so as not
to disturb the flow of the text. The page numbers for
these illustrations have been omitted, and page
references in the text are linked to the pages on
which the illustrations actually appear. Page numbers
for blank and unnumbered pages are also omitted.
Contents
Shakespearean
Playhouses

A HISTORY OF ENGLISH
THEATRES from the BEGINNINGS
to the RESTORATION
By JOSEPH QUINCY ADAMS
Cornell University
logo
Gloucester, Mass.
PETER SMITH
1960
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY
JOSEPH QUINCY ADAMS
REPRINTED, 1960,
BY PERMISSION OF
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.
MAP OF LONDON SHOWING THE PLAYHOUSES
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Blackfriars, (first) 1576-1584.

Blackfriars, (second) 1596-1655.

Curtain, 1577-after 1627.

Fortune, (first) 1600-1621.

Fortune, (second) 1623-1661.

Globe, (first) 1599-1613.

Globe, (second) 1614-1645.

Hope, 1613-after 1682.

Phoenix or Cockpit, 1617-after 1664.

Red Bull, about 1605-after 1663.

Rose, 1587-1605.

Salisbury Court, 1629-1666.

Swan, 1595-after 1632.

Theatre, 1576-1598.

Whitefriars, about 1605-1614(?).

TO

LANE COOPER

IN GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM

PREFACE

THE method of dramatic representation in the time of Shakespeare has long received close study. Among those who have more recently devoted their energies to the subject may be mentioned W.J.

Lawrence, T.S. Graves, G.F. Reynolds, V.E. Albright, A.H. Thorndike,

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