The Elizabethan Player Contemporary Stage Representation
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the woodcuts -- 1 Introduction: a definition of the context of study -- 2 The itinerant player and Sir Thomas More -- 3 Evidence of players in Hamlet -- 4 Kemp, clowns, and improvisation -- 5 Clown as justice: The Mayor of Queenborough -- 6 Attacks on the common player -- 7 The Poetaster, the 'War of the Theatres', and the Children -- 8 University drama and The Return from Parnassus -- 9 Histriomastix and the Inns of Court -- 10 Apprentice drama and The Hog Hath Lost his Pearl -- 11 Hey wood, Massinger, and the defence of playing -- 12 Ambiguities -- 13 Conclusion -- Appendix A: Henslowe's inventory of properties, 1598 -- Appendix B: Henslowe's wardrobe inventory, c. 1602 -- Appendix C: The Cradle of Security -- Appendix D: Itinerant players at work -- Appendix E: The articles of the 'Purge' from Satiromastix V.ii -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Woodcuts; 1. Introduction: A Definition of the Context of Study 2. The Itinerant Player and Sir Thomas More 3. Evidence of Players in Hamlet 4. Kemp, Clowns, and Improvisation 5. Clown as Justice: The Mayor of Queenborough 6. Attacks on the Common Player 7. The Poetaster, the ‘War of the Theatres’, and the Children 8. University Drama and The Return from Parnassus 9. Histriomastix and the Inns of Court 10. Apprentice Drama and The Hog Hath Lost his Pearl 11. Heywood, Massinger, and the Defence of Playing 12. Ambiguities 13. Conclusion; Appendices