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The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642
Contributors:
By (Author) Gerald Eades Bentley
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: general
Dewey:
822.3
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
332
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
624g
Description
This book is a comprehensive study of the customary practices of English players of the period--how they lived and worked and were paid, organized, and cast for parts in the phenomenally popular theaters of England. Gerald Bentley discusses sharers, hired men, boy apprentices, musicians, touring groups, and managers, showing that players in general
