ABSTRACT
Elizabethan 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |5 pages
Introduction
part |92 pages
The idea of Elizabethan theatre
chapter |33 pages
Playhouses and stages
chapter |28 pages
Performances
chapter |29 pages
Players and playing
part |109 pages
Plays
