Synopses & Reviews
Review
"...usefully straightforward...Knutson addresses the general reader as well as colleagues in her field." Shakespeare Quarterly"Very attractive book!" Bibliotheque d' humanisme et Renaissance"... this is an immensely learned and invigorating book. I found Knutson's general thesis about the irrelevance of personal animus to the actual relationships among theater companies extremely convincing." Albion
Review
"...usefully straightforward...Knutson addresses the general reader as well as colleagues in her field." Shakespeare Quarterly"Very attractive book!" Bibliotheque d' humanisme et Renaissance"... this is an immensely learned and invigorating book. I found Knutson's general thesis about the irrelevance of personal animus to the actual relationships among theater companies extremely convincing." Albion
Synopsis
'This book examines the nature of commercial relations among the theatre companies in London during the time of Shakespeare. Roslyn Knutson argues that the companies cooperated in the adoption of business practices that would enable the theatrical enterprise to flourish and offers the guild as a model of cooperative competition.\n
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About the Author
Roslyn Knutson is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Table of Contents
List of maps and tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Theatre history as personality; 2. Players and company commerce; 3. Playwrights, repertories, the book trade, and company commerce; 4. Histrio-Mastix and company commerce; 5. Hamlet and company commerce; 6. Poetaster, Satiromastix, and company commerce; 7. Conclusion: hot anger and company commerce; Notes; Bibliography; Index.