Global Economics: A History of the Theater Business, the Chamberlain's/King's Men, and Their Plays, 1599-1642

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University of Delaware Press, 2005 - Business & Economics - 250 pages
This book is a study of the Chamberlain's/King's Men as a business. It investigates the economic workings of the company: the conditions under which they operated, their expenses and income, and the ways in which they adopted to fit changing circumstances. Each chapter focuses on a different moment in the company's history, and consists of economic readings, exploring texts by Shakespeare and other authors through an economic lens, as the property of the company and through the circumstances in which they were written.
 

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Global Economics The Chamberlains Men 15991603
23
The Court and the Stage The Kings Men at Blackfriars and Whitehall 161013
82
The Kings Men Second Generation The Company without Shakespeare 162326
119
Golden Handcuffs The Kings Men and Economic Failure 163242
159
Conclusion
204
Notes
207
Bibliography
227
Index
241
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