Shakespeare and the Theatres of His Time
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Center for Shakespeare Studies
Fall 1987
Directed by Herbert Berry, C. Walter Hodges, William Ingram
Keywords: Theatre History, English, Sixteenth Century, Seventeenth Century, Drama, Shakespeare
This twelve-week seminar introduced its participants to the most useful documents about Renaissance theatre buildings, their owners, acting companies, and audiences, and then considered the implications of this documentary evidence for the interpretation of plays by Shakespeare and his playwright-contemporaries.