Research Catalog

Title

The profession of player in Shakespeare's time, 1590-1642 / Gerald Eades Bentley.

Author

Bentley, Gerald Eades, 1901-1994.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1984.

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Details

Description

xiv, 315 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"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 led difficult but seriously professional lives"--Amazon.com.

Series Statement

Princeton legacy library.

Uniform Title

Princeton legacy library

Subject

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stage history > To 1625
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stage history > England
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Relations with actors
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• To 1699
• Theater > England > History > 16th century
• Theater > England > History > 17th century
• Acting > History > 16th century
• Acting > History > 17th century
• Theater > England > History
• Actors > England
• Actors
• Acting
• Relations with actors
• Theater
• Toneelspelers
• Toneel
• Actors > Great Britain > 17th century
• Theater > Great Britain > 17th century
• England

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The player and his company -- Sharers -- Hired men -- Apprentices -- Managers -- London companies on tour -- Casting -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Casts and lists of players.

ISBN

• 0691065969
• 9780691065960
• 9780691640570
• 0691640572

LCCN

83043059

OCLC

• ocm10046076
• 10046076
• SCSB-96227

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library