Palgrave Shakespeare Studies: Groundlings, Gallants, Grocers

Boecker, Bettina

Comparatively little is known about Shakespeare's first audiences. This study argues that the Elizabethan audience is an essential part of Shakespeare as a site of cultural meaning, and that the way criticism thinks of early modern theatregoers is directly related to the way it thinks of, and uses, the Bard himself.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-09-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137379955

DOI: 10.1057/9781137379962

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 210