{"product_id":"what-is-a-playhouse-callan-davies-9781032138879","title":"What is a Playhouse?: England at Play, 1520-1620","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an accessible introduction to England's sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century playing industry and a fresh account of the architecture, multiple uses, communities, crowds, and proprietors of playhouses. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt builds on recent scholarship and new documentary and archaeological discoveries to answer the questions: what did playhouses do, what did they look like, and how did they function? The book will accordingly introduce readers to a rich and exciting spectrum of \"play\" and playhouses, not only in London but also around England. The detailed but wide-ranging case studies examined here go beyond staged drama to explore early modern sport, gambling, music, drinking, and animal baiting; they recover the crucial influence of female playhouse owners and managers; and they recognise rich provincial performance cultures as well as the burgeoning of London's theatre industry. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will have wide appeal with readers across Shakespeare, early modern performance studies, theatre history, and social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Callan Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032138874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032138879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Callan Davies","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070911213823,"sku":"9781032138879","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5bb1607-ab57-4b23-a92a-fccfc8902465.jpg?v=1685433050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-a-playhouse-callan-davies-9781032138879","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}