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Author Lawrence, William John, 1862-1940.

Title The Elizabethan playhouse, and other studies, by W. J. Lawrence.

Imprint Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare head press, 1912.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections  792.0942 L439e    ---  Lib Use Only
Description ix, 265 p. front., plates. 24 cm.
Note "Seven hundred and sixty copies printed; type distributed. no. 759."
Reprinted from various periodicals.
Contents The evolution and influence of the Elizabethan playhouse.--The situation of the lords' room.--Title and locality boards on the pre-restoration stage.--Music and song in the Elizabethan theatre.--The mounting of the Carolan masques.--The story of a peculiar stage curtain.--Early French players in England.--Proscenium doors: an Elizabethan heritage.--Did Thomas Shadwell write an opera on "The tempest"?--Who wrote the famous "Macbeth" music?--New facts about the Blackfriars: Monsieur Feuillerat's discoveries.--Bibliography (p. [245]-256)
Subject Theaters -- Great Britain -- Stage-setting and scenery.
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.

 
    
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