![]() | The Privileged Playgoers of Shakespeare''s London, 1576-1642 Subjects: Theater audiences -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century; Theater audiences -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; English drama -- 17th century -- Histo; Besides documenting the predominant presence of privileged patrons in the audience, the author discusses the shape of the privileged life, the place of the privileged in the social structure, the forces that drew so many of them to London, and the factors that made them such avid theatergoers. |
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