Playgoing in Shakespeare's London by Andrew GurrCall Number: CHIFLEY PN2596.L6G87 2004
An account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays, with evidence from the writings of the time to describe the playhouses; services provided; ticket costs; crowd sizes; smells; pickpockets; and the collective feelings generated by the plays. The author considers the difference between Shakespearean and modern thinking about early staging, the complex historical process which established the permanent playhouses, and the development of a distinctly different acting style in the open-air playhouses from that of the indoor halls.