Art Imitates Business: Commercial and Political Influences in Elizabethan TheatreAs it moved away from the court, theater became an entertainment business, subject to financial and political influences. This study examines business and political considerations as a way of explaining some of the curiosities about 16th-century plays which production and literary analyses cannot fully explain. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Have We Allowed His Tales to Wag the Man? | 49 |
Why Boys for woMens Roles? | 71 |
Shakespeares Dramatic Joke | 101 |
The Mole in Shakespeares Company | 121 |
The Very Human Shylock | 139 |
Ben Jonsons The Isle of Dogs | 167 |
Extortion in the Name of Art | 191 |
Eddies of the Essex Episode | 205 |
Observations | 231 |
Works Cited Consulted | 279 |
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