'Playhouses, 1560-1660' in G Wickham, H Berry & W Ingram (eds), English Professional Theatre, 1530-1660

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  • Name Legal issues

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Part of a series which provides source material for teachers and students of theatre and drama studies. Provides transcriptions of documents relating to 20 playhouses, some documents touching on ownership, management, construction, legal disputes, etc; organised by playhouse for which profiles are given. Playhouses include the Red Lion [pp290-4]; the Boar's Head [pp452-92] re legal dispute between owners; the Red Bull [pp564-94]; The Curtain at Shoreditch [pp404-18]; The Theatre at Shoreditch [pp330-87]