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The Privileged Playgoers of Shakespeare's London, 1576-1642
Hardcover
Series: Princeton Legacy Library, Book 862
ISBN13: 9780691642529
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Apr 19 2016
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Besides documenting the predominant presence of privileged patrons in the audience, the author discusses the shape of the privileged life, the place of the privileged in the social structure, the forces that drew so many of them to London, and the factors that made them such avid theatergoers.
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