Profession of Dramatist in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 / / Gerald Eades Bentley.
Gerald Eades Bentley assembles and analyzes the extant theatrical materials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His discussion of the working conditions of professional dramatists like Thomas Heywood, John Fletcher, and Philip Massinger as well as William Shakespeare rounds out the fascinati...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1972 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (676 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- I. Introduction
- II. Amateur Dramatists and Professional Dramatists
- III. The Status of Dramatists, Plays, Actors, and Theatres
- IV. The Dramatist and the Acting Company
- V. Dramatists' Pay
- VI. Dramatists' Contractual Obligations
- VII. Regulation and Censorship
- VIII. Collaboration
- IX. Revision
- X. Publication
- Index
- Front Matter 2
- Contents
- Preface
- I. Introduction
- II. The Player and His Company
- III. Sharers
- IV Hired Men
- V. Apprentices
- VI. Managers
- VII. London Companies on Tour
- VIII. Casting
- IX. Conclusions
- Appendix: Casts and Lists of Players
- Index