Playing Companies and Commerce in Shakespeare's Time

ISBN-13: 9780521772426 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 210 str.

Roslyn Lander Knutson

Opis

This book examines the nature of commercial relations among the theater companies in London during the time of Shakespeare. Roslyn Knutson argues that the companies cooperated in the adoption of business practices that would enable the theatrical enterprise to flourish. Suggesting the guild as a model of economic cooperation, Knutson considers the networks of fellowship among players, the marketing strategies of the repertory, and company relationships with playwrights and members of the book trade. This important contribution to theatre history will be of interest to scholars as well as historians.

Recenzje

'Knutson's work combines reassuring common sense with meticulous academic research … Roslyn Knutson's book will be a valuable addition to university libraries, and to serious scholars of the theatre during Shakespeare's time.' Journal of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa

Spis treści

List of maps and tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Theatre history as personality; 2. Players and company commerce; 3. Playwrights, repertories, the book trade, and company commerce; 4. Histrio-Mastix and company commerce; 5. Hamlet and company commerce; 6. Poetaster, Satiromastix, and company commerce; 7. Conclusion: hot anger and company commerce; Notes; Bibliography; Index.