Theatre, community, and civic engagement in Jacobean London / Mark Bayer.

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Bayer, Mark, 1973-

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9781609380403
1609380401

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Theatre, community, and civic engagement in Jacobean London.DDC classification:

306.4/8480942109032 22

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PN2592 .B39 2011eb

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Contents:

Introduction: Theatre and social capital -- Rethinking city and suburb -- The public theatres and their communities -- Religious communities at London's northern playhouses -- The spectacle of history at the Red Bull -- The Clerkenwell riot and its aftermath -- Epilogue: After 1642.

Summary: Taking to heart Thomas Heywood's claim that plays "persuade men to humanity and good life, instruct them in civility and good manners, showing them the fruits of honesty, and the end of villainy," Mark Bayer's captivating new study argues that the early modern London theatre was an important community institution whose influence extended far beyond its economic, religious, educational, and entertainment contributions. Bayer concentrates not on the theatres where Shakespeare's plays were performed but on two important amphitheatres, the Fortune and the Red Bull, t.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.

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Taking to heart Thomas Heywood's claim that plays "persuade men to humanity and good life, instruct them in civility and good manners, showing them the fruits of honesty, and the end of villainy," Mark Bayer's captivating new study argues that the early modern London theatre was an important community institution whose influence extended far beyond its economic, religious, educational, and entertainment contributions. Bayer concentrates not on the theatres where Shakespeare's plays were performed but on two important amphitheatres, the Fortune and the Red Bull, t.

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