William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life
- Author:
- Published: OUP1 1988. Other Editions.
- Details: Paperback. 416pp.
- ISBN: 0195051610
- Summary: The definitive scholarly biography of Shakespeare, based on documentary evidence.
- See also: A Documentary Life [0198125755]
*The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642
- Author: Andrew Gurr
- Published: Cambridge UP 1970, 1973, 1992.
- Details: Hard cover, Paperback. 296pp.
- ISBN: 052142240X
- Summary: Entertaining & scholarly: the companies, acting styles, playhouses, staging, audiences. See also by : Playgoing; Companies; Staging.
- Reviews: Cambridge University Press
Shakespeare’s Opposites: The Admiral’s Company 1594-1625
- Author: Andrew Gurr
- Published: Cambridge UP April 2009.
- Details: Hardback. 328pp.
- ISBN: 052186903X; 978-0521869034.
- Summary: Prof. Gurr turns his attention to the Admiral’s Men, who staged many of Marlowe’s plays, played at The Rose and The Fortune, and boasted Edward Alleyn as their lead actor.
- Contents & Extracts: Cambridge UP
- Review: Times Literary Supplement
Henslowe’s Diary
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- Published: A.H.Bullen, London 1904, 1908.
- Details: Hard Cover. 2 Volumes.
- Vol I: Diary Text – 240pp (1904).
- Vol II: Commentary – 400pp (1908).
- Summary: The first complete transcription, followed by a second volume of extensive commentary.
- Reviews: Map of Early Modern London
*The Elizabethan Stage
- Author: E.K. Chambers
- Published: Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1923.
- Details: Hardback. 4 Volumes.
- Contents: Vol I: The Court; Control of the Stage. Vol II: Companies; Actors; Play-houses. Vol III: Staging; Plays & Playwrights. Vol IV: Anonymous Work; Appendices; Indexes. [Contents List]
- Summary: The reference work covering every aspect of renaissance drama in England in remarkable detail. Vast and indispensable!
The Rose and The Globe: Excavations 1988-90
- Authors: Julian Bowsher & Pat Miller.
- Published: Museum of London Archaeology, November 2009.
- Details: Hardback. 280pp.
- ISBN-10: 1901992853; 978-1901992854
- Review: Independent
- Summary: A comprehensive and detailed account of the archaeological excavations, and what those finds tell us about how these two famous Bankside playhouses were used.
*The Queen’s Men and Their Plays
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- Published: Cambridge UP 1998, 2006.
- Details: Paperback. 272pp.
- ISBN: 0521025397
- Summary: The all-star acting company of the 1580’s: their acting style, staging methods, touring patterns and repertoire.
- Reviews: Cambridge University Press
*John Lowin and the English Theatre, 1603-1647
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- Published: Ashgate August 2013.
- Details: Hardback. 218pp.
- ISBN: 1409452670
- Summary: Comprehensive overview of the life and times of John Lowin, a leader of the King’s Men and one of the greatest 17th century actors, based on research into his documented activities within the acting company.
- Buy Online: Ashgate.
*Great Neglected Speeches from the Elizabethan Stage
- Authors: Michael Frohnsdorff & Ken Pickering.
- Published: Pen Press, March 2010.
- Details: Paperback. 230pp.
- ISBN: 1907499199
- Summary: This sourcebook for actors, students and theatre-goers provides a remarkable collection of classic speeches from the Elizabethan stage which have been unfairly neglected due to the popularity of Shakespeare.
The Performer’s Anthology
- Author: Ken Pickering
- Published: Janus Publishing, London 2008.
- Details: Paperback. 230pp.
- ISBN: 1857566432
- Summary: A unique international collection of performance pieces taken from ancient and modern texts, for actors and teachers alike. The Drama section includes material from both Doctor Faustus and Lusts Dominion.
- * Recommended as indispensible reading.
- Note 1: OUP – Oxford University Press