Child actors on the London stage, circa 1600 : their education, recruitment and theatrical success /

Child actors on the London stage, circa 1600 : their education, recruitment and theatrical success /

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Author / Creator:	Ackroyd, Julie, author.
Imprint:	Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press ; Chicago, IL : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Canada : Sussex Academic Press (Canada), 2017.
Description:	vii, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century. Child actors -- England -- History -- 16th century. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism. Theater and society -- England -- History -- 16th century. Child actors. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan. Theater. Theater and society. England. England -- London. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11033718

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ISBN:	9781845198480 1845198484
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"A legal document dated 1600, for a Star Chamber case titled Clifton vs. Robinson, details how boys were abducted from London streets and forcibly held in order to train them as actors for the Blackfriars theatre. No adults were seen on-stage in this theatre, which was stocked solely by acting boys, resulting in a satirical and scurrilous method of play presentation. Were the boys specifically targeted for skills they may have possessed which would have been applicable to this type of play presentation? And, was this method of 'recruitment' typical or atypical of Elizabethan theatre?"--

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