Table of Contents

1. Places of performance; 2. Actors and audiences; 3. Writers, controllers and the place of theatre; 4. Genre and tradition; 5. Instruction and spectacle; Appendix 1. Select chronology of plays and other performances; Appendix 2. Chronology of events; Appendix 3. Dimensions of playing spaces; Bibliography.

Promotional Information

An accessible introduction to early English theatre, from the late medieval period to 1642.

About the Author

Janette Dillon is Professor of Drama at the School of English, University of Nottingham.

Reviews

'Where this volume deserves the attention of drama teachers is the careful way in which it deals with performance spaces, actors and audiences.' Times Literary Supplement 'With intelligent organisation, cogent case studies and easy-access quotation boxes, Janette Dillon cooly serves up a very useful introduction to over 300 years of English drama...' Plays International