
The Boar's Head Theatre (Routledge Revivals)
An Inn-yard Theatre of the Elizabethan Age
C. J. Sisson(Author)
Stanley Wells(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 3. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
122 pages
978-1-138-88756-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Boar's Head Theatre, first published in 1972, provides an account of one of the Elizabethan inn-yard theatres. It is a reconstruction of considerable importance in our understanding of the performance conditions affecting Elizabethan drama, the mode of presentation and the nature of the audience.
C. J. Sisson (1885-1966) was known especially for his research into Elizabethan court cases and the light they can throw on the literature and drama of the period. His discoveries included material on the Elizabethan inn-yard theatres which provides unquestionable evidence of great importance in relation to the evolution of the theatre in England. This book, which has been edited for publication by Stanley Wells, was to have been his major work on the subject.
Historians of the theatre of this period will find this book indispensable, and those with a more general interest in the greatest age of English drama will be engrossed by the detailed and intimate glimpses of the theatre world which this story affords.
C. J. Sisson (1885-1966) was known especially for his research into Elizabethan court cases and the light they can throw on the literature and drama of the period. His discoveries included material on the Elizabethan inn-yard theatres which provides unquestionable evidence of great importance in relation to the evolution of the theatre in England. This book, which has been edited for publication by Stanley Wells, was to have been his major work on the subject.
Historians of the theatre of this period will find this book indispensable, and those with a more general interest in the greatest age of English drama will be engrossed by the detailed and intimate glimpses of the theatre world which this story affords.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
167 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-88756-5 (9781138887565)
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C. J. Sisson | Stanley Wells
The Boar's Head Theatre (Routledge Revivals)
An Inn-yard Theatre of the Elizabethan Age
E-Book
06/2015
Routledge
€52.49
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C. J. Sisson | Stanley Wells
The Boar's Head Theatre (Routledge Revivals)
An Inn-yard Theatre of the Elizabethan Age
E-Book
06/2015
Routledge
€52.49
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C. J. Sisson | Stanley Wells
The Boar's Head Theatre (Routledge Revivals)
An Inn-yard Theatre of the Elizabethan Age
Book
02/2015
1st Edition
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Persons
C. J. Sisson
Author
Editor
University of Birmingham, UK and The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Content
Editor's Introduction; Introduction; 1. The Inn-yard theatre 2. The George Inn in Whitechapel 3. The Boar's Head Inn 4. The Battle for the Theatre; Appendices; Further Reading; Index