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Shakespeare's Globe Playhouse , a modern reconstruction in text and scale drawings by Irwin Smith; Introduction by James G. McManaway - New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1956 - 240 p.
Includes bibliographical referenes and index.
The story of the Globe Playhouse -- The site and shape of the Globe -- Its dimensions -- Its fabric -- The auditorium -- The platform -- The tiring-house exterior -- The inner stages -- The rear stage -- Second-level stages -- The music gallery -- The superstructure -- Shakespeare's plays on the Globe's stage (Romeo and Juliet at the Globe ; King Henry IV, Part II) -- The scale drawings -- The fortune builder's contract -- The hope builder's contract.
"Based on the ... reconstruction of the Globe Playhouse ... detailed plans of the model ... contains a complete set of scale drawings of the reconstruction for study and for the guidance of model builders, plus the most comprehensive collection of contemporary views and maps of the Bankside district ... There is also a survey of the design of the Globe's multiple stage and of its practical influence on the writing of Shakespeare's plays"--Dustjacket
Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644)
Theaters England London --- History --17th century
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Shakespeare's Globe Playhouse , a modern reconstruction in text and scale drawings by Irwin Smith; Introduction by James G. McManaway - New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1956 - 240 p.
Includes bibliographical referenes and index.
The story of the Globe Playhouse -- The site and shape of the Globe -- Its dimensions -- Its fabric -- The auditorium -- The platform -- The tiring-house exterior -- The inner stages -- The rear stage -- Second-level stages -- The music gallery -- The superstructure -- Shakespeare's plays on the Globe's stage (Romeo and Juliet at the Globe ; King Henry IV, Part II) -- The scale drawings -- The fortune builder's contract -- The hope builder's contract.
"Based on the ... reconstruction of the Globe Playhouse ... detailed plans of the model ... contains a complete set of scale drawings of the reconstruction for study and for the guidance of model builders, plus the most comprehensive collection of contemporary views and maps of the Bankside district ... There is also a survey of the design of the Globe's multiple stage and of its practical influence on the writing of Shakespeare's plays"--Dustjacket
Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644)
Theaters England London --- History --17th century
822.3 Smi 14