A The Queen's Servants at the Red Bull Theatre (c.1605–1619) / [electronic resource] Griffith, Eva creator author. text enk 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource (306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). 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. Eva Griffith. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Queen's servants (Theater company) PN2596.L7 R25 2013 725/.82209421 9781107323537 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107323537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107323537 UkCbUP 130117 20180107143416.0 CR9781107323537