Elizabethan Jacobean Drama: The Theatre in Its Time (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780941533706)

The purpose of this absorbing collection is to illuminate the world of the theatre by setting it squarely in its historical context. To that end, Professor Evans draws on the whole spectrum of Elizabethan-Jacobean writing, from official documents to diaries and letters. Part I, The Theatre and the World, deals, through contemporary writings, with the drama itself, the audiences and their responses, theatrical companies, acting and actors, and buildings and technical matters. Part II, The Worlds and the Theatre, illustrates how the problems of everyday life, complicated as they were by moral, religious, social, political, and economic issues, provided an ever-fruitful source of materials to the dramatists who practiced their craft during this extraordinarily creative period.

Author: Blakemore G. Evans
ISBN-10: 0941533700
ISBN-13: 9780941533706
Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
Language: English
Published: 04/21/1998
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 7.83h x 5.12w x 1.09d