1st Edition
Playgrounds Urban Theatrical Culture in Shakespeare’s England and Golden Age Spain
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Cities
- England and Spain’s Theatrical Capitals
- Early Urban Theatre Districts
- The Place of Theatres in English and Spanish Society
- Playhouse Locations after Consolidation
Chapter Two: Playhouses
- Why did English and Spanish Theatres Look so much Alike? A Few Genealogical Conjectures
- The Organic Corral vs the Immutable Theatre
- Seeing and Hearing (and Being Seen) in England and Spain’s Playhouses
- Beyond the Bare Stage: Machines, Candles, Multi-Platforms
Interlude 1: Why did Madrid Not Have a Blackfriars?
Chapter Three: Players
- Professional Playmakers in Early Modern Society
- Company Models, Structure and Organisation
- Touring Practices
- Who Played the Female Roles? Women and Children on the Commercial Stage
Chapter Four: Dramatists
- The Making of a Professional Playwright
- Verse, Prose and Polymetry
- Dramatic Genre(s)
- Quantities of Writing and Notions of Artistry
Interlude 2: Professional Actresses: To Have and Have Not (and How it Made a Difference)
Chapter Five: Playbooks
- Playbook vs Play: Printing Theatre in England and Spain
- Publication Strategies, Licensing and Censorship
- The Playbook in the Literacy Marketplace
- Other Documents of Performance
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
Biography
David J. Amelang is an assistant professor in English Literature at the Department of English Studies of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study (MIAS) and of the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies (SEDERI).
