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1	The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time. It is the only authoritative book that describes all the main features of the original staging of Shakespearean drama in one volume: the acting companies and their practices, the ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $17.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Playgoing in Shakespeare's London more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist This is a newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. Gurr assembles evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical structure of the playhouses, the services provided in the auditorium, the cost of a ticket and a cushion, the size of the crowds, the smells, the ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $19.30! \| first editions \| SVS
3	William Shakespeare: The Extraordinary Life of the Most Successful Writer of All Time more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist Over 300 large color photographs of scenes staged to depict aspects of Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theater. Gurr, whose narrative weaves around the images, was an advisor in rebuilding the Globe Theater, which reopened after 400 years in June 1996. Includes chronologies of the plays and the p see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.74! \| first editions \| SVS
4	King Henry V more books like this by Andrew Gurr (Editor) add to wishlist For this updated edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play, Professor Gurr has added a new section to his introduction which considers recent critical and stage interpretations, especially concentrating on the 'secret' versus 'official' readings of the play. He analyses the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero and self ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Rebuilding Shakespeare's Globe more books like this by Andrew Gurr, John Orrell add to wishlist Beautifully illustrated with four specially commissioned full-color drawings by Paul Cox and over 50 black-and-white plates, this is the exciting story of the search for Shakespeare's Globe. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
6	Shakespeare Company 1594-1642 more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist This is the first complete history of the theatre company, created in 1594, which in 1603 became the King's Men. Shakespeare was at the heart of the team of players, who with their successors ran an operation that lasted until the theatres closed in 1642. During these forty-eight years they staged all of Shakespeare's plays, a number of Ben Jonson ... see all copies from $77.38! new only from $77.38!
7	The First Quarto of King Henry V more books like this by William Shakespeare, Andrew Gurr (Editor), A R Braunmuller (Editor) add to wishlist The Quarto text of Henry V is of unique importance. It is the first and probably the only text of a Shakespeare play which provides the playscript corresponding to the version that was actually performed by Shakespeare's own company. It has the authority of being transcribed by actors in the company as a record of their original staging at the ... see all copies from $24.45! new only from $24.45! \| SVS
8	Little Piece of England: My Adventures as Chief Executive of the Fallkland Islands more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist This text is a memoir of an opportunity that is only ever given to a carefully selected few. Andrew got to know the people, the wildlife, the landscape of this beautiful island, and he writes movingly and humorously about his experiences. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $17.53! \| first editions
9	Shakespearean Stage, Fifteen Seventy-Four - Sixteen Forty-Two more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49! first editions
10	Philaster: Or, Love Lies A-Bleeding by Beaumont and Fletcher more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist "Andrew Gurr has written a stimulating introduction to the play itself and its theatrical background." The Times Literary Supplement Written in 1609 for Shakespeare's company, Philaster is one of the most ambitious works of literary collaboration ever attempted. Whereas only the lowest potboiling third of the dramatic repertory of the time was ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $22.24! \| SVS
11	Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594-1625 more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist The Admiral's Men is the acting company which staged Christopher Marlowe's plays while its companion company was giving the first performances of Shakespeare. Unlike the Shakespeare company, there is lots of evidence available telling us what the Admiral's company did and how it staged its plays. Not only do we know far more about the design of ... see all copies from $83.26! new only from $83.26!
12	The Shakespearian Playing Companies more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist The Shakespearian Playing Companies is the first history of the professional acting companies who brought drama to London in Shakespeare's time. Andrew Gurr's ground-breaking book draws on the most up-to-date research to provide a general history of company development from the 1560s, when the first of the major companies belonging to great lords ... see all copies from $166.35! new only from $166.35! \| SVS
13	Studying Shakespeare: An Introduction more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist As an introduction to Shakespeare's plays (using three as examples), this study offers guidance to the reader and illuminates the main issues involved. It offers advice on the best ways to approach Shakespeare's plays in the theatre as well as on the page. In using as examples one history play, one comedy and one tragedy, the text covers the ... see all copies from $11.99! first editions
14 view cover	Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres more books like this by Andrew Gurr, Mariko Ichikawa add to wishlist Oxford Shakespeare Topics provides students, teachers, and interested readers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subject. Notes and a critical guide to further reading equip the interested ... see all copies from $33.04! new only from $42.88! \| first editions
15 view cover	Oxford Shakespeare Topics more books like this by Andrew Gurr, Mariko Ichikawa add to wishlist Oxford Shakespeare Topics provides students, teachers, and interested readers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subject. Notes and a critical guide to further reading equip the interested ... see all copies from $19.00! new only from $26.50! \| SVS
16	Year Book of English Studies: 1998 v.28 by Andrew Gurr (Volume editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $34.41!
17	Hamlet and the Distracted Globe more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist see all copies from $15.70!
18	William Shakespeare, 'Coriolanus' : notes more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist see all copies from $83.02!
19	Year Book of English Studies: v. 22: 1992 by Andrew Gurr (Volume editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $18.28!
20	Year Book of English Studies: 1995 v. 25 by Andrew Gurr (Volume editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $80.45!
21	Year Book of English Studies: 1993 v. 23 by Andrew Gurr (Volume editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $92.37!
22	Year Book of English Studies: 1991 v. 21 by Andrew Gurr (Volume editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $92.37!
23	Year Book of English Studies: 1990: Literature in the Modern Media v. 20 by Andrew Gurr (Volume editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $92.37!
24	The alchemist : notes more books like this by Andrew Gurr add to wishlist see all copies from $26.35!
25	New Cambridge Shakespeare Australian Bundle by William Shakespeare, David Bevington (Editor), Andrew Gurr (Editor), R.A. Foakes (Editor), Susan Snyder (Editor), Deborah Curren-Aquino (Editor) add to wishlist A selection of any four books from The New Cambridge Shakespeare series. Australian market only. see all copies from $18.86!

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