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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2012
Print publication year:
2010
Online ISBN:
9780511761379
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511761379
Subjects:
Literature, British Theatre, Renaissance and Early Modern Literature, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
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Book description

John Astington brings the acting style of the Shakespearean period to life, describing and analysing the art of the player in the English professional theatre between Richard Tarlton and Thomas Betterton. The book pays close attention to the cultural context of stage playing, the critical language used about it, and the kinds of training and professional practice employed in the theatre at various times over the course of roughly one hundred years - 1558–1660. Perfect for courses, this survey takes into account recent discoveries about actors and their social networks, about apprenticeship and company affiliations, and about playing outside the major centre of theatre, London. Astington considers the educational tradition of playing, in schools, universities, legal inns, and choral communities, in comparison to the work of the professional players. A comprehensive biographical dictionary of all major professional players of the Shakespearean period is included as a handy reference guide.

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'The book offers a complex, lively, absorbing sense of the acting profession, its 'art' and social networks.'

Eleanor Lowe Source: Early Theatre

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