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Elizabethan Popular Theatre (2005)

Elizabethan Popular Theatre (2005)

Michael Hattaway

Year: 2005
Authors: Michael Hattaway
Publishers: Psychology Press
Pages: 272
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Elizabethan Popular Theatre surveys the Golden Age of English popular theatre: the 1590s, the age of Marlowe and the young Shakespeare. The book describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas: The Spanish Tragedy, Mucedorus, Edward II, Doctor Faustus and Titus Andronicus, as well as providing a comprehensive history of a variety of contemporary playhouse stages, performances, and players.