Early Cambridge Theatres
College, University and Town Stages, 1464–1720
- Author: Alan H. Nelson
- Date Published: May 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521035972
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The excavations of the Rose and the Globe theatres have created a context for the study and reconstruction of the English Renaissance theatre. This book engages with this debate by attempting a reconstruction of early Cambridge theatres in the context of the professional theatres of Renaissance London. Cambridge provides a rich source of material: most of the college halls and chapels in which scaffold-theatres were constructed still stand, while records of the Cambridge theatres and the plays performed in them survive in abundance. The book includes a full survey of some dozen Cambridge colleges, the university's commencement stage, and extra-mural theatrical sites used by travelling professional companies, which lead to useful comparisons with the theatres of London. The author concludes with a plea for greater attention to documentary evidence in reconstructing the English Renaissance theatre.
Read more- Contributes to the debate on the Elizabethan theatre publicized by the excavations of the Rose and the Globe
- Provides evidence about theatre history in Cambridge
- Unique documentary and visual evidence for the history of early performance practice
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- Date Published: May 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521035972
- length: 212 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 11 mm
- weight: 0.35kg
- contains: 34 b/w illus. 2 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Note on sources
1. Introduction: London to Cambridge
2. Queens' College
3. Trinity College from 1605
4. Other colleges
5. The university commencement stage, 1464–1720
6. Secular playing sites
7. Cambridge staging practices
8. Postscript: Cambridge to London
Appendices
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.
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