Marlowe, Shakespeare, and the Economy of Theatrical ExperienceThis study explores the structure of psychological, social and political exchanges that were negotiated between audiences and plays in Elizabethan public theatres in a period ostensibly dominated by Shakespeare, but strongly rooted in Marlowe. |
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Contents
Part One The Economy of Theatrical Experience | 9 |
The Audience in Theory and Practice | 38 |
Part Two The Webs of Plays | 67 |
Copyright | |
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