Child actors on the London stage, circa 1600 : their education, recruitment and theatrical success / Julie Ackroyd

Englisch

Brighton, England ; Chicago ; Toronto : Sussex Academic Press, 2017

vii, 231 Seiten

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-1-84519-848-0 : hardback

*London / Theater / Kinderstar / Geschichte 1600

*Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century ; Child actors -- England -- History -- 16th century ; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism ; Theater and society -- England -- History -- 16th century

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: PN2590.B6

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 792.02/808309421/2

"A legal document dated 1600, for a Star Chamber case titled Clifton vs. Robinson, details how boys were abducted from London streets and forcibly held in order to train them as actors for the Blackfriars theatre. No adults were seen on-stage in this theatre, which was stocked solely by acting boys, resulting in a satirical and scurrilous method of play presentation. Were the boys specifically targeted for skills they may have possessed which would have been applicable to this type of play presentation? And, was this method of 'recruitment' typical or atypical of Elizabethan theatre?"--

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