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- Title
Children's Companies and the Long 1580s.
- Authors
MUNRO, LUCY
- Abstract
The article offers information on the Elizabethan children's theater companies in England in 1580s. Topics discussed include the Blackfriars playhouses and the Marprelate controversy; the professionalism of the children's companies; and the focus on comic performances in children's theater. Also mentioned are the development of playwrighting as a career and the relationships between adult and children's performance traditions.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ENGLISH theater; CHILDREN'S theater; EARLY modern English drama; BLACKFRIARS Theatre (London, England); MARPRELATE controversy; PROFESSIONALISM; SIXTEENTH century; THEATER history
- Publication
Shakespeare Studies (Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corporation), 2017, Vol 45, p97
- ISSN
0582-9399
- Publication type
Article