Author: Lawrence Manley
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300206895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
For a brief period in the late Elizabethan Era an innovative company of players dominated the London stage. A fellowship of dedicated thespians, Lord Strange’s Men established their reputation by concentrating on “modern matter” performed in a spectacular style, exploring new modes of impersonation, and deliberately courting controversy. Supported by their equally controversial patron, theater connoisseur and potential claimant to the English throne Ferdinando Stanley, the company included Edward Alleyn, considered the greatest actor of the age, as well as George Bryan, Thomas Pope, Augustine Phillips, William Kemp, and John Hemings, who later joined William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Though their theatrical reign was relatively short lived, Lord Strange’s Men helped to define the dramaturgy of the period, performing the plays of Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, and others with their own distinctive flourish. Lawrence Manley and Sally-Beth MacLean offer the first complete account of the troupe and its enormous influence on Elizabethan theater. Seamlessly blending theater history and literary criticism, the authors paint a lively portrait of a unique community of performing artists, their intellectual ambitions and theatrical innovations, their business practices, and their fearless engagements with the politics and religion of their time.
Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays
Lord Strange
Author: Ferdinando Stanley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132915939X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Lord Strange, 1561-1642, was the great impresario and Author of the most energetic theatrical enterprises in Elizabethan Englande.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132915939X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Lord Strange, 1561-1642, was the great impresario and Author of the most energetic theatrical enterprises in Elizabethan Englande.
London companies
Author: John Tucker Murray
Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Shakespeare & Company
Author: Paul Brody
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN: 1629172464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
James Burbage founded the Lord Chamberlain’s Men in 1594, during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. Its most famous member was, of course, William Shakespeare, he’s only a small part of the companies fascinating story. This varied company of actors and writers lived and worked around London, plying their craft. Although it was a beneficial time to be in the arts, Elizabethan England did provide its own dangers and pitfalls. The actors played their parts on the stage, but they had just as many demanding roles to play in their lives. The competition was fierce and brutal, and often the troupes were used as political tools of the warring aristocracy. Playhouses, and acting troupes, rose and fell at the whim of the rich and powerful. This book gives insight in the times and politics of one of the greatest acting companies.
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN: 1629172464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
James Burbage founded the Lord Chamberlain’s Men in 1594, during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. Its most famous member was, of course, William Shakespeare, he’s only a small part of the companies fascinating story. This varied company of actors and writers lived and worked around London, plying their craft. Although it was a beneficial time to be in the arts, Elizabethan England did provide its own dangers and pitfalls. The actors played their parts on the stage, but they had just as many demanding roles to play in their lives. The competition was fierce and brutal, and often the troupes were used as political tools of the warring aristocracy. Playhouses, and acting troupes, rose and fell at the whim of the rich and powerful. This book gives insight in the times and politics of one of the greatest acting companies.
Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
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Category : Philology, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Category : Philology, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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English Dramatic Companies, 1558-1642: London companies
Author: John Tucker Murray
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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The Pembroke Plays
Author: Eleanor Grace Clark
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Category : Canon (Literature)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Category : Canon (Literature)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Provincial companies. Appendices
Author: John Tucker Murray
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Humanistic Studies
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The life and death of King John, together with The troublesome reign of king John, as acted by the Queen's players c.1589, ed. with notes by F.G. Fleay
Author: William Shakespeare
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
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