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Early Cambridge Theatres: College, University and Town Stages, 1464-1720 »

Authors: Alan H. Nelson
ISBN-13: 9780521035972, ISBN-10: 052103597X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: May 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)

This book attempts a reconstruction of early Cambridge theatres, based on the abundant surviving records.

	List of illustrations
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	List of abbreviations
	Note on sources
1	Introduction: London to Cambridge	1
2	Queens' College	16
3	Trinity College from 1605	38
4	Other colleges	61
5	The university commencement stage, 1464-1720	77
6	Secular playing sites	88
7	Cambridge staging practices	102
8	Postscript: Cambridge to London	118
	App. 1 Matthew Stokys on extraordinary commencement, 1564	127
	App. 2 Nicholas Robinson on extraordinary commencement, 1564	129
	App. 3 Queens' College stage inventory, 1640	131
	App. 4 Comments on Queens' College stage inventory, 1640	137
	App. 5 Security plans for royal visit, March 1615	140
	App. 6 Records of Trinity College drama, 1661-96	142
	App. 7 Tabor's search for the university theatre, c. 1620	153
	App. 8 University graces for a theatre, 1673-5	154
	App. 9 Commencement stage timber dimensions, 1528-1668	156
	App. 10 Records of the university proctors' booth, 1597-1638	158
	Notes	161
	Select bibliography	178
	Index	180