Author : Eva Griffith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107471354
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse by : Eva Griffith
Download or read book A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse written by Eva Griffith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eva Griffith's book fills a major gap concerning the world of Shakespearean drama. It tells the previously untold story of the Servants of Queen Anna of Denmark, a group of players parallel to Shakespeare's King's Men, and their London playhouse, The Red Bull. Built in vibrant Clerkenwell, The Red Bull lay within the northern suburbs of Jacobean London, with prostitution to the west and the Revels Office to the east. Griffith sets the playhouse in the historical context of the Seckford and Bedingfeld families and their connections to the site. Utilising a wealth of primary evidence including maps, plans and archival texts, she analyses the court patronage of figures such as Sir Robert Sidney, Queen Anna's chamberlain, alongside the company's members, function and repertoire. Plays performed included those by Webster, Dekker and Heywood - entertainments characterised by spectacle, battle sequence and courtroom drama, alongside London humour and song.