Shakespeare's Blackfriars Playhouse

By Irwin Smith

Subjects: London (England). Blackfriars Theater, Blackfriars Theatre (London, England), London, Stage history, London (England), London. Blackfriars Theatre, Blackfriars Theatre (Londres, Angleterre), Histoire scénique

Description: TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Blackfriars of London -- Materials for reconstruction of the precinct -- The church and the domestic buildings -- The western ranges -- Partition of the Blackfriars precinct -- The first Blackfriars playhouse -- The years between the first Blackfriars and the second -- The Parliament chamber as playhouse -- The little eyases -- Blackfriars repertories -- Blackfriars conventions -- Blackfriars under the King’s Men -- The playhouse : the auditorium -- The playhouse : the platform -- The playhouse : the rear stage -- The playhouse : the upper stages.