Abstract
The chapter first considers the potential effects generated for audiences who saw Robert Greene’s Alphonsus, before turning to the evidence of Henslowe’s Diary which indicates that the Admiral’s Men frequently performed a play by the name of ‘Mahamet’ before Tamburlaine, thereby encouraging audiences to see Tamburlaine after an imitator, rather than before. The chapter concludes by arguing that the early modern repertory system not only enabled but encouraged achronological playgoing in ways that challenge the standard tenets of theatre history.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Playing and Playgoing in Early Modern England |
Subtitle of host publication | Actor, Audience and Performance |
Editors | Simon Smith, Emma Whipday |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Chapter | 9 |
Pages | 186-204 |
Number of pages | 19 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108773775 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781108489058 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- theatre
- playhouse
- play
- house
- tiring house
- tap house
- music house
- swordplay
- Shakespeare
- Jonson