Early English stages, 1300 to 1660 :; Volume two, Part I: 1576 to 1660
by Wickham, Glynne William Gladstone
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremely gently rubbed corners, two are bumped, extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to spine and front
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About This Item
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1963. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely gently rubbed corners, two are bumped, extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to spine and front board, lightly sunned DJ spine, faint soiling and fading to DJ, else Near Fine(-) in Very Good(+) DJ. In mylar sleeve. Quarto in green DJ, gilt to spine, 2 volumes in 3, b&w illustrations, plans ; 26 cm. Theater -- England -- History. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Contents: v. 1. 1300 to 1576. Book one : Open air entertainments of the Middle Ages. Prologue : Monkish darkness ; The tournament ; Pageant theatres of the streets ; Miracle plays -- Book two : Indoor entertainments of the Middle Ages. Minstrelsy : Indoor theatres and entertainers ; Mummings, disguisings and masks ; Morals and interludes -- Book three : Mediaeval dramatic theory and practice. Players and commerce ; Epilogue : Audiences and critics.
v. 2. 1576 to 1660, pt. I. Book one : Regulating the theatre. New stages for old ; Reformation and Renaissance ; State control of the British drama, 1530-1642 ; Actors, playmakers and theatres under state control -- Book two : Emblems and images. Playhouses ; The emblematic tradition ; The quest for the image ; Stage furniture.
v. 2. 1576 to 1660, pt. II. Book three : Gamehouses, playhouses and theatres. From gamehouse to theatre ; The privy council order of 1597 for the destruction of London's playhouses ; Game or playhouses, 1598-1660 ; Inns ; Theatres ; Houses for plays, masks and banquets -- Book four : Stages and stage-directions. Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline stage conventions.
v. 2. 1576 to 1660, pt. I. Book one : Regulating the theatre. New stages for old ; Reformation and Renaissance ; State control of the British drama, 1530-1642 ; Actors, playmakers and theatres under state control -- Book two : Emblems and images. Playhouses ; The emblematic tradition ; The quest for the image ; Stage furniture.
v. 2. 1576 to 1660, pt. II. Book three : Gamehouses, playhouses and theatres. From gamehouse to theatre ; The privy council order of 1597 for the destruction of London's playhouses ; Game or playhouses, 1598-1660 ; Inns ; Theatres ; Houses for plays, masks and banquets -- Book four : Stages and stage-directions. Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline stage conventions.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90380
- Title
- Early English stages, 1300 to 1660 :; Volume two, Part I: 1576 to 1660
- Author
- Wickham, Glynne William Gladstone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely gently rubbed corners, two are bumped, extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to spine and front
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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