Boar's Head Theatre (Routledge Revivals)

Taylor & Francis

The Boar's Head Theatre (Routledge Revivals)An Inn-yard Theatre of the Elizabethan Age\nAuthor(s): C. J. Sisson, Stanley Wells\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138887565, 978-1138887565\nSynopsis\nThe Boars Head Theatre, first published in 1972, provides an account of one of the Elizabethan inn-yard theatres. It is a reconstruction of considerable importance in our understanding of the performance conditions affecting Elizabethan drama, the mode of presentation and the nature of the audience. \n\nC. J. Sisson [tel] was known especially for his research into Elizabethan court cases and the light they can throw on the literature and drama of the period. His discoveries included material on the Elizabethan inn-yard theatres which provides unquestionable evidence of great importance in relation to the evolution of the theatre in England. This book, which has been edited for publication by Stanley Wells, was to have .