History of the first theatre South of the Thames together with details of the excavation of the site.
Review of Surveillance, Militarism and Drama in the era of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Background for historical plays.
An overview of Elizabethan Theatre; covers regulation and licensing of plays, objections to playhouses, companies of actors, and composition and ownership of plays.
An examination of attempts by the Puritans and the London Corporation to shut down the theaters, as well as the royal protection which allowed the theaters to thrive.
The two matters considered in depth are the relationship between the design of performance arenas in Elizabethan England and those of Ancient Rome, and Early Modern Plays with a Roman theme.
An illustrated lecture on the development of the Elizabethan theatre, covering both playhouses and the dramas performed.
A illustrated history of the Elizabethan Globe Theatre and the modern Southwark reproduction.
A brief biography of an important figure in Elizabethan theatre.
An essay considering the reasons behind the Puritan opposition to the Early Modern theatre.
An essay which discusses references to pilgrimage in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.
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