For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been
considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining
overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time. It is the only
authoritative book that describes all the main features of the
original staging of Shakespearean drama in one volume: the acting
companies and their practices, the playhouses, the staging and the
audiences. Thoroughly revised and updated, this fourth edition
contains fresh materials about how specific plays by Shakespeare
were first staged, and provides new information about the companies
that staged them and their playhouses. The book incorporates
everything that has been discovered in recent years about the early
modern stage, including the archaeology of the Rose and the Globe.
Also included is an invaluable appendix, listing all the plays
known to have been performed at particular playhouses and by
specific companies.
· Updated and thoroughly revised fourth edition ensures the
continuing reputation of this book as the definitive guide to the
original staging of Shakespearean drama · Packed with quotations
and illustrations, the book provides undergraduates with all they
need to know about staging conditions in Shakespeare's day ·
Contains an invaluable appendix listing all the plays performed at
a particular playhouse, the playing company and date of
performance