02224nam a22003378a 4500 CR9781107323537 UkCbUP 20180107143416.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 130117s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781107323537 (ebook) 9781107041882 (hardback) 9781107615045 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda PN2596.L7 R25 2013 725/.82209421 23 Griffith, Eva, author. A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse : The Queen's Servants at the Red Bull Theatre (c.1605–1619) / [electronic resource] Eva Griffith. A Jacobean Company & its Playhouse Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Eva Griffith's book fills a major gap concerning the world of Shakespearean drama. It tells the previously untold story of the Servants of Queen Anna of Denmark, a group of players parallel to Shakespeare's King's Men, and their London playhouse, The Red Bull. Built in vibrant Clerkenwell, The Red Bull lay within the northern suburbs of Jacobean London, with prostitution to the west and the Revels Office to the east. Griffith sets the playhouse in the historical context of the Seckford and Bedingfeld families and their connections to the site. Utilising a wealth of primary evidence including maps, plans and archival texts, she analyses the court patronage of figures such as Sir Robert Sidney, Queen Anna's chamberlain, alongside the company's members, function and repertoire. Plays performed included those by Webster, Dekker and Heywood - entertainments characterised by spectacle, battle sequence and courtroom drama, alongside London humour and song. Queen's servants (Theater company) Print version: 9781107041882 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107323537 Cambridge Books Online 236776 236776