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Playgoing in Shakespeare's London

3rd Edition

Author: Andrew Gurr, University of Reading

Date Published: July 2004
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521543224

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Andrew Gurr's classic account of Shakespeare's historical audience assembles evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical, social and mental conditions of playgoing. In addition to revising and adding new material which has emerged since the second edition, Gurr develops new sections about points of special interest. Fifty new entries have been added to the list of playgoers and a dozen new quotations about the experience of playgoing. Second Edition Hb (1996): 0-521-58014-5 Second Edition Pb (1996): 0-521-57449-8
- Third edition of the most authoritative study of playgoing in Shakespeare's time
- Full of meticulously recorded information, both in words and pictures
- As well as revising and adding new material which has emerged since the second edition in 1996, Gurr develops new sections about points of special interest
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"...a staple in Shakespeare studies. Essential." P.D. Nelsen, Marlboro College, CHOICE
"This amusing glimpse into the habits of the London audiences, and the use to which Gurr puts it, are characteristic of his informative study." The Times Literary Supplement
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- Edition: 3rd Edition
- Date Published: July 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521543224
- length: 360 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 150 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.48kg
- contains: 22 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Physical conditions
3. Social composition
4. Mental composition
5. The evolution of tastes
Appendix 1: Playgoers 1567–1642
Appendix 2: References to playgoing.
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Andrew Gurr, University of Reading
Andrew Gurr is Emeritus Professor, University of Reading. His many books include The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 (third edition 1993), Writers in Exile, Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (second edition 1996), The Shakespearian Playing Companies (1996), and (with Mariko Ichikawa) Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres (2000).