The dream factory : London's first playhouse and the making of William Shakespeare
Swift, Daniel, 1977-2025
Books, Manuscripts
In 1576, in a muddy field in Shoreditch, James Burbage erected London's first purpose-built commercial playhouse. A place of high culture and quick profit, run by cunning dreamers, the Theatre for the first time offered London's players the chance to control what they staged. At a time when playgoing was held to be close to a sin, this entertainment factory was a flashpoint for controversy - but would also become Shakespeare's first theatre, where he learned to ply his trade before his company moved to the Globe. Through the life of this little-known playhouse, Daniel Swift tells the story of how Shakespeare became Shakespeare, and the Elizabethan stage began to flourish.
Main title:
Author:
Swift, Daniel, 1977-, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780300263541 (hbk)
Dewey class:
792.0942659
LC class:
PN2596.L7
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4228149