Art Imitates Business: Commercial and Political Influences in Elizabethan TheatrePurposes other than literary and artistic ones motivated the theatre of the late sixteenth century, especially in England. Freeing itself from dependence upon performances at Court or in the houses of aristocratic patrons, the theatre was becoming an entertainment buisness, seeking to please the tastes of a wide audience. |
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Contents
Have We Allowed His Tales to Wag the Man? | 49 |
Why Boys for woMens Roles? | 71 |
Shakespeares Dramatic Joke | 101 |
The Mole in Shakespeares Company | 121 |
The Very Human Shylock | 139 |
Ben Jonsons The Isle of Dogs | 167 |
Extortion in the Name of Art | 191 |
Eddies of the Essex Episode | 205 |
Observations | 231 |
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| Title | Art Imitates Business: Commercial and Political Influences in Elizabethan Theatre Art Imitates Business: Commercial and Political Influences in Elizabethan Theatre, James H. Forse |
| Author | James H. Forse |
| Publisher | Popular Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0879725958, 9780879725952 |
| Length | 298 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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