Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-199) and index
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on texts and dates; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Work in sixteenth-century England; CHAPTER 2: 'Vpon the weke daies and worke daies at conuenient times': acting as work in Elizabethan England; CHAPTER 3: 'Though he be a king, yet he must labour': work and nobility in Shakespeare's histories; CHAPTER 4: 'We may shut vp our shops, and make holiday': workers and playhouses, 1599-1601; CHAPTER 5: 'Work upon that now!': labour and status on the stage, 1599-1610; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index