The Rise of the Common Player: A Study of Actor and Society in Shakespeare's England

Abstract

List of plates Preface Notes on the badges and armorial bearings Arms and badges Acknowledgements Part I. Players and Society: 1. From minstrel to comedian, the actor's art, 1300-1572 2. The new estate. Social status of the common player in London, 1559-1603, the rise of Leicester's Men and the founding of the theatre 3. Attack and defence, 1557-1615, and the rise of the player-poets 4. The creation of the common audience 5. The poet's art and the player's quality, the integration of drama and the rise of tragedy Part II. Common Players, 1575-1600: 6. Leicester's men at Kenilworth, Laneham's letter. Afterword, 1978 7. The Queen's livery, Richard Tarlton 8. The Queen's livery, Robert Wilson 9. Master of the Royal Game, Edward Alleyn Part III. Household Players, 1574-1606: 10. The livery and the surplice, the rise and fall of the choristers' theatres in London, 1574-1606 Part IV. All the World's a Stage, 1559-1607: 11. Drama as offering the Queen's summers welcomes and Christmas revels 12. The private audience, collegiate revels at the university Epilogue Notes Table of dates, 1558-1616 Index.

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