The Globe Playhouse: Its Design and Equipment

John Cranford Adams

Published by Harvard University Press 1942

The Globe Playhouse

Its Design and Equipment

John Cranford Adams

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674730908

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How did Shakespeare himself stage the casket scene in The Merchant of Venice? How was the dying Anthony "heaved aloft" into Cleopatra's monument? How did Prospero direct the scene wherein Ariel swoops down out of the heavens to confound the enemies of Prospero and cause the banquet they are about to eat to "vanish"? Such questions, and many others, can be answered only by a scholar familiar with the actual construction of the Globe playhouse and other Elizabethan theatres.

About one-fourth of John Adams' study is devoted to establishing various hitherto misunderstood details relating to the design of the Globe, the disposition of the audience, and similar questions. The greater part of his book has to do with the design and equipment of the multiple stage. His data have been gathered from a careful study of every extant play of the period from 1540 to 1663, all available contemporary records bearing upon the subject, and the various specialized inquiries of stage historians. His work, which is the first attempt at a complete and unified reconstruction of the Globe, throws a flood of new light on the whole early history of the English stage and English dramatic literature. There are some seventeen illustrations, including a portion of an extremely important pictorial view of London made by Visscher sometime between 1606 and 1614.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Key to Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Chapter I. THE GLOBE PLAYHOUSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter II. THE PLAYHOUSE FRAME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter III. THE AUDITORIUM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter IV. THE PLATFORM STAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Chapter V. THE TIRING-HOUSE: EXTERIOR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Chapter VI. THE TIRING-HOUSE: FIRST LEVEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Chapter VII. THE TIRING-HOUSE: STAIRS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Chapter VIII. THE TIRING-HOUSE: SECOND LEVEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Chapter IX. THE TIRING-HOUSE: THIRD LEVEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
Chapter Χ. THE SUPERSTRUCTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
APPENDICES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1942
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 420
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
- Other: 17 illustrations
Keywords: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625; Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644)

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Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674730908

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Published: December 11, 2013
ISBN: 9780674730892