The masters of the revels and Elizabeth I's court theatre / W.R. Streitberger
- Author:
- Streitberger, W. R.
- Published:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
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- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: The Revels Office -- Devising and Producing the Revels -- 1.Sir Thomas Cawarden, 1558--1559 -- Gentleman of the Privy Chamber -- The Revels Office in 1558 -- Court Theatre in 1558--1559 -- Hero of the Reformation -- 2.Sir Thomas Benger, 1559--1572 -- Auditor to the Princess -- The 1560 Reorganization of the Revels Office -- Spectacle, Pageantry, and Court Theatre -- `last of the poore flock of Hatfield' -- 3.The Interregnum, 1572--1578 -- The Crisis of 1572 -- The Privy Council Inquiry of 1572--1573 -- The Earl of Sussex and Thomas Blagrave -- The Interim Revels Organization -- The Court and the Commercial Theatre -- 4.Edmund Tilney: The Expansion of the Master's Powers, 1578--1591 -- Competition for the Mastership -- `of Countenaunce and of creditt with the Prince' -- The 1581 Royal Commission -- Matrimonial Diplomacy, 1578--1583 -- Consolidation of the Privileged Companies -- The New Queen's Players and the Boy Companies, 1583--1591 -- 5.Edmund Tilney: The Transformation of the Revels Office, 1591--1603 -- The Onset of Paralysis, 1591--1594 -- The Final Reform, 1594--1598 -- The Later Privileged Companies, 1594--1603 -- Near vnto the Monument of my ffather' -- 6.Afterword: Regulating the Commercial Theatre.
- Summary:
- A complete revision of established views of the structure and function of Elizabeth I's Revels Office, arguing that the revels essentially became a commercial enterprise, paid for by the ordinary Londoners.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780191788789 (ebook)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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