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The Queen's Men and their Plays

Sally-Beth MacLean author Scott McMillin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Mar '06

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This is the first book devoted to the Queen's Men, one of the major acting companies of the age of Shakespeare. In describing the troupe's position in the general political situation and the London theatre scene of the 1580s, the authors break new ground by showing how Elizabethan theatre history can be refocused by concentrating on the company which produced the plays rather than on the authors who wrote them. The book combines a thorough examination of documentary evidence with textual and critical analysis, to provide a full account of the characteristics which gave the company its identity: its acting style, staging methods, touring patterns and repertoire. The conclusions will interest Elizabethan historians as well as students and scholars of early modern theatre.

'… they present a revised view of the importance of provincial tours in the life of a company of players, and suggest a degree of state control and use for political purposes of the actors greater than has previously been accepted.' History Today

  • Winner of Sohmer-Hall Prize 1999

ISBN: 9780521025393

Dimensions: 235mm x 155mm x 16mm

Weight: 390g

272 pages