|
|
Sold Out
Book Categories |
| List of Abbreviations | ||
| Pt. I | A History of the London Companies from the 1560s to 1642 | |
| 1 | An Introduction | 3 |
| 2 | The First London Companies | 19 |
| 3 | Travelling | 36 |
| 4 | Lording it Over the Players | 55 |
| 5 | Settled Practices | 78 |
| 6 | The Changes of 1603 | 105 |
| 7 | The Four Companies Under James | 120 |
| 8 | From 1625 to 1642: Before the Revolution | 137 |
| Pt. II | The Company Histories | |
| 9 | Introduction | 161 |
| 10 | The Early Elizabethan Companies: Berkeley's, Essex's, Rich's, Lane's, Clinton's, Lincoln's, Warwick's, and Sussex's | 167 |
| 11 | Leicester's Men, 1559-1588 | 185 |
| 12 | The Queen's Men, 1583-1603 | 196 |
| 13 | The Early Boy Companies: Westminster, Merchant Taylors', and Eton Schools; Windsor Chapel, the Chapel Royal Children, and the First Paul's Chapel Children | 218 |
| 14 | The Lord Admiral's/Prince's/Palatine's Men | 230 |
| 15 | Strange's/Derby's Men, 1564-1620, and Pembroke's Men, 1591-1601 | 258 |
| 16 | Hunsdon's/Chamberlain's/King's Men, 1594-1608 | 278 |
| 17 | The Lesser Elizabethan Competitors: Oxford's, Hertford's, and Chandos's | 306 |
| 18 | Worcester's/Queen Anne's/Revels Company, 1562-1625 | 317 |
| 19 | The Later Paul's Boys, 1599-1606 | 337 |
| 20 | The Blackfriars Boys, 1600-1613, and the King's Revels Boys, 1607-1608 | 347 |
| 21 | The King's Men, 1608-1642 | 366 |
| 22 | The Jacobean Royal Children's Companies: The Duke of York's/Prince Charles's (I) Company, and the Lady Elizabeth's Men | 394 |
| 23 | The Caroline Hall Companies: Queen Henrietta's Men, 1626-1642, King's Revels, 1629-1637, and Beeston's Boys, 1637-1642 | 416 |
| 24 | The Caroline Amphitheatre Companies: The King and Queen of Bohemia's Men, 1626-1631, Prince Charles's (II) Men, 1631-1642, and the Red Bull Company, 1626-1642 | 437 |
| Bibliography | 449 | |
| Index | 463 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $183.39 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Steve Boyle
reviewed The Shakespearian Playing Companies on March 27, 2013 The Shakespearian Playing Companies
I'm still struggling to understand the premise behind this book, and I can only conclude that Rodney Bolt, an accomplished historian, is a fiction writer manque. The story is wonderful, really compelling, lovely, and if - like me - the topless towers of Ilium have haunted you since you read your first Marlowe, one you want desperately to believe in. It's a copiously footnoted account of how the wonderful, raffish Kit Marlowe 'wrote' all Shakespeare's plays, wasn't stabbed in a tavern duel, and lived out his life in hiding, in Europe.
And then ... you read the footnotes and realise the the main source for all this wonderful historical research is a fake. He's a character made up by Bolt to carry the veracity of this story and frankly, the whole conceit of the book hinges on this stinking fish of a false historical personage and as a result, the boook stinks too.
Why would anybody want to read a book that isn't historical fact, nor honest fiction, but a self-serving melange of the two? I did read it, right to the end, but I think I wasted my time: I couldn't trust a single word in it to be factual and yet I never felt that it worked as an imaginery narrative.
Don't bother reading it if veracity matters to you, and if you read it for entertainment I guarantee you'll put it down after a couple of chapters, because the style is textbook dull.
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish List
X
This item is in your Collection
The Shakespearian Playing Companies
X
This Item is in Your Inventory
The Shakespearian Playing Companies
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add The Shakespearian Playing Companies, This ground-breaking study is the first history of the professional acting companies who brought drama to London in Shakespeare's time. Gurr draws on the most up-to-date research to provide a general history of company development from the 1560s, when the, The Shakespearian Playing Companies to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add The Shakespearian Playing Companies, This ground-breaking study is the first history of the professional acting companies who brought drama to London in Shakespeare's time. Gurr draws on the most up-to-date research to provide a general history of company development from the 1560s, when the, The Shakespearian Playing Companies to your collection on WonderClub |