London Civic Theatre: City Drama and Pageantry from Roman Times to 1558Civic theatre--drama and pageantry sponsored by city and town governing bodies--is prominent in histories of early English provincial drama, but has been largely ignored for pre-Elizabethan London. Anne Lancashire explodes the widely-held notion thatsignificant London theatre arose only in the age of Shakespeare, when the first commercialplayhouses were built. She provides, with evidence from a multitude of primary sources, a rich picture of civic theatrical life in London before 1558: from Roman amphitheatre shows to medieval and Tudor mummings, street pageantry, and plays. |
Contents
Roman London | 19 |
London c 4101200 | 27 |
beginnings | 52 |
The ClerkenwellSkinners Well play | 60 |
Appendix A Royal and other entries 14001558 | 185 |
List of works cited | 204 |
185 | 220 |
FROM 1410 TO 1558 | 249 |
Other editions - View all
London Civic Theatre: City Drama and Pageantry from Roman Times to 1558 Anne Lancashire No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
29 October accounts amphitheatre annual Atlas bachelors barge Bateman Blackheath Bridge Cambridge University Press ceremonial chapter Cheapside Chronicle city's City/Cheapside civic theatre Clerkenwell Conduit coronation entry court minutes display Drama Dramatic Texts Drapers E. K. Chambers early Edward elaborate England English entertainment example extant Fabyan feast-time fifteenth Fitz Stephen's fourteenth century Goldsmiths Grocers Guildhall guilds hall Henry VIII History involved Item John Lydgate king Kipling late least Letter Books livery company Londinium London Amphitheatre London civic London companies Lord Mayor's Show Lundenwic Lydgate's major manuscript Mayors and Sheriffs Medieval Mercers Merchant Taylors Midsummer Watch minstrels mummings noted oath-taking occasions ordinances Oxford pageant Parish Clerks Paul's payment performance perhaps players political printed procession queen reference religious Richard Richard II Roman London royal entries sixteenth century Skinners specific spectacle Stow survived theatrical Tower troupes Tudor twelfth century wardens Westminster Wriothesley