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Early Cambridge Theatres
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Description| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Author(s) | Alan H. Nelson |
| Subtitle | College, University and Town Stages, 1464–1720 |
| Published | 25th August 1994 |
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College, University and Town Stages, 1464–1720
The excavations of the Rose and the Globe theatres have created a context for the study and reconstruction of the English Renaissance theatre. This book engages with this debate by attempting a reconstruction of early Cambridge theatres in the context of the professional theatres of Renaissance London. Cambridge provides a rich source of material: most of the college halls and chapels in which scaffold-theatres were constructed still stand, while records of the Cambridge theatres and the plays performed in them survive in abundance. The book includes a full survey of some dozen Cambridge colleges, the university's commencement stage, and extra-mural theatrical sites used by travelling professional companies, which lead to useful comparisons with the theatres of London. The author concludes with a plea for greater attention to documentary evidence in reconstructing the English Renaissance theatre.Translation missing: en.general.search.loading