The Privileged Playgoers of Shakespeare's London, 1576-1642 / / Ann Jennalie Cook.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Cook, Ann Jennalie,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 862
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

Besides documenting the predominant presence of privileged patrons in the audience, the author discusses the shape of the privileged life, the place of the privileged in the social structure, the forces that drew so many of them to London, and the factors that made them such avid theatergoers.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. A Prologue on Playgoers -- Chapter II. The Privileged -- Chapter III. The Privileged in London -- Chapter IV. The Privileged as Playgoers -- Chapter V. Playhouses, Prices, Parasites, and Profits -- Chapter VI. Plebeian Playgoers -- Chapter VII. Epilogue -- Appendix A. London Wages -- Appendix B. Wage and Price Fluctuations, 1264-1954 -- Bibliography -- Index