London civic theatre : city drama and pageantry from Roman times to 1558 / Anne Lancashire.
London civic theatre : city drama and pageantry from Roman times to 1558 / Anne Lancashire.
London civic theatre : city drama and pageantry from Roman times to 1558 / Anne Lancashire.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N792.09421/51
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English
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xix, 355 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. From Roman Times to 1410. 1. Roman London. 2. London c. 410-1200. 3. London 1200-1410. 1. The London puy. 2. Mummings and disguisings. 3. Royal and other entries. 4. The Midsummer Watch: beginnings. 5. The Lord Mayor's Show: beginnings. 6. The Clerkenwell/Skinners' Well play. 7. Court influen...
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2002.
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"Civic theatre - drama and pageantry sponsored by city and town governing bodies - is prominent in histories of early English provincial drama, but has been largely ignored for pre-Elizabethan London. Anne Lancashire explodes the widely held notion that significant London theatre arose only in the age of Shakespeare, when the first commercial playh...
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London civic theatre : city drama and pageantry from Roman times to 1558 / Anne Lancashire.
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Includes bibliography (p.305-328) and index.
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N792.09421/51
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74Vvybvb4023
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0521632781 (hbk.) :
9780521632782 (hbk.) :
9780521632782
0521632781
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792.09421
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991016220409702626
