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ix, 261 p. front., plates, facsims. 24 cm. |
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"Seven hundred and sixty copies printed; type distributed. no. 745." |
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Four of the essays now printed for the first time, the others reprinted from various periodicals. |
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Light and darkness in the ELizabethan theatre.--Windows on the pre-restoration stage.--The origin of the theatre programme.--Early systems of admission.--The origin of the English picture-stage.--The persistence of Elizabethan conventionalisms.--Irish players at Oxford in 1677.--Louis XIV's scene painters.--A player-friend of Hogarth.--Garrick's first appearance as Hamlet.--Appendices: I. Amended chronological list of Elizabethan, and quazi-Elizabethan play houses (1576-1663) II. The oldest known English play bills.--Bibliography (p. 245-150) |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625.
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Theater -- Great Britain -- History.
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Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery.
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Theaters -- Great Britain.
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