Elizabethan Popular Theatre: Plays in PerformanceElizabethan 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. |
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Contents
Playhouses and stages | 9 |
Performances | 42 |
Players and playing | 70 |
architectonic design | 101 |
the exploitation of convention | 129 |
ritual shows | 160 |
strange images of death | 186 |
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