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9780750922395

Kingdom for a Stage : Magicians and Aristocrats in the Elizabethan Theatre

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  • ISBN13:

    9780750922395

  • ISBN10:

    0750922397

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-06-01
  • Publisher: Trafalgar Square

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Summary

Joy Hancox enlightens the concepts underlying the design of theaters in Elizabethan London, how they related to Renaissance notions of proportion and alchemy, and contributes to ongoing and passionate debate regarding the size and shape of the theaters.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xv
The Derbys and Their Men
1(17)
Astrology and Other Influences
18(12)
John Dee
30(26)
The Third Globe
56(31)
The Missing Dimension
87(25)
Contributing Factors
112(21)
The Cast Widens
133(24)
Elizabethan Enterprise
157(21)
A Scrapbook and Its Pictures
178(32)
Out of The Shadows
210(19)
Postscript 229(2)
Appendix 1 Additional Illustrations 231(6)
Appendix 2 The Geometry of Human Life: An Analysis and Commentary 237(5)
Appendix 3 Genealogies 242(6)
Glossary 248(5)
Notes 253(5)
Bibliography 258(4)
Index 262

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