| Description |
1 online resource (x, 198 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
1. Theatre history as personality -- 2. Players and company commerce -- 3. Playwrights, repertories, the book trade, and company commerce -- 4. Histrio-Mastix and company commerce -- 5. Hamlet and company commerce -- 6. Poetaster, Satiromastix, and company commerce -- 7. Conclusion: Hot Anger and company commerce. |
| Summary |
"Playing Companies and Commerce in Shakespeare's Time examines the nature of commercial relations among the theatre companies in London during the time of Shakespeare. Roslyn Knutson argues that the companies cooperated in the adoption of business practices that would enable the theatrical enterprise to flourish. Suggesting the guild as a model of economic cooperation, Knutson considers the networks of fellowship among players, the marketing strategies of the repertory, and company relationships with playwrights and members of the book trade. The book challenges two entrenched views about theatrical commerce: that companies engaged in cut-throat rivalry to drive one another out of business, and that companies based business decisions on the personal and professional quarrels of the players and dramatists with whom they worked. This important contribution to theatre history will be of interest to scholars of drama and literature as well as historians."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- England -- London.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Shakespeare, William.
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Theatrical companies -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
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Theatrical companies -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.
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Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
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Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.
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Theater -- Economic aspects -- England -- London.
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London (England) -- Commerce.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Commerce. (OCoLC)fst00869279
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Theater. (OCoLC)fst01149217
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Theater -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01149237
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Theatrical companies. (OCoLC)fst01149417
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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Theatertruppe.
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Drama.
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Inszenierung.
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England.
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| Chronological Term |
1500 - 1699
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Knutson, Roslyn Lander, 1939- Playing companies and commerce in Shakespeare's time. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521772427 (DLC) 00067441 (OCoLC)45505919 |
| ISBN |
0511040822 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511040825 (electronic bk.) |
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0511118422 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511118425 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511486043 (electronic bk.) |
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0511486049 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511049774 (electronic bk.) |
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0511049773 (electronic bk.) |
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