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"This book provides an invaluable summary of past and present scholarship surrounding the most popular and influential literary form of its time. Original interpretations from leading scholars set the scene for important paths of future inquiry"-- ConclusionNotes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 9 Vagrancy ; Historical Contexts; Representation; Theater; Future Developments; Notes; References; Chapter 10 Domestic Life ; The Significance of "Family" in Early Modern England; Household and Community; Houses: Space, Fabric, and Furnishings; Marriage Ages, Spousals, and Weddings; Making Marriage: Lordship, Family, and Individual; Separation and Divorce; Marital Relations; Adultery, Cuckoldry and "Riding Skimmington"; Parents and Children; Historiography and Sources; References; Chapter 11 Religious Persuasions, c.1580-c.1620 Envisioning Early Performances and AudiencesActors and Oral/Aural Culture; Acting Styles, Training, Rehearsal; Celebrated Actors; Clowns and Clowning; Impersonating Women; References and Further Reading; Chapter 16 Playhouses ; Introduction; 1567; 1575-1578; 1587, 1594; 1598-1600; 1607, 1614; 1617, 1623, 1630; References; Chapter 17 Theatrical License and Censorship ; Origins; Competing Authorities; Protector and Regulator; The End of Elizabeth's Reign; James I; Caroline Anxieties; Closing the Theaters; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 18 Playing Companies and Repertory ; Notes Faith by StatuteReligious Temperaments; Religious Reading; Conclusion; References and Further Reading; Chapter 12 Science, Natural Philosophy, and New Philosophy in Early Modern England ; Astronomy and Astrology; Alchemy and Chemistry; Medicine and Anatomy; Mathematics; References; Chapter 13 Magic and Witchcraft ; Defining Witchcraft in Context; Witchcraft Onstage; Future Directions for Study; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 14 Antitheatricality: The Theater as Scourge ; Notes; References; Part II Theater History ; Chapter 15 Performance: Audiences, Actors, Stage Business Playwriting: Hits and FlopsReferences; Chapter 5 Multiculturalism and Early Modern Drama ; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 6 London and Westminster ; Tensions and Conflict; Rhetoric, Representation, and Reality; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 7 Travel and Trade ; Note; References and Further Reading; Chapter 8 The Theater and the Early Modern Culture of Debt ; Early Modern Drama and Money; Macroeconomics: The Early Modern English Credit Economy; Microeconomics: The Early Modern English Culture of Trust; An Early Modern Culture of Debt; Early Modern Drama of Debt Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Context ; Chapter 1 The Politics of Renaissance England ; References and Further Reading; Chapter 2 Continental Influences ; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Medieval and Reformation Roots; Liturgical Seeds; After Morality; Prejudice and Public Theater; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4 Popular Culture and the Early Modern Stage ; Print Culture: The Advent of Literacy; Popular Taste, Commercial Habits; A Theater for All: Mass Sociability; Rowdy Playgoers
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