Child Actors on the London Stage, Circa 1600: Their Education, Recruitment and Theatrical Success

by Julie Ackroyd

Book Overview

A legal document dated 1600, for a Star Chamber case titled Clifton versus Robinson, details how boys were abducted from London streets and forcibly held in order to train them as actors for the Blackfriars theatre. No adults were seen on-stage in this theatre, which was stocked solely by acting boys, resulting in a satirical and scurrilous method of play presentation. Were the boys specifically targeted for skills they may have possessed which would...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845198484
• ISBN13: 9781845198480
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"