Shakespeare's Globe Playhouse : a modern reconstruction in text and scale drawings / by Irwin Smith ; based upon the reconstruction of the Globe by John Cranford Adams ; with an introduction by James G. McManaway
1956, First Edition. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Library copy with minor marks remaining, including on spine. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #409666
Physical description; xxiii, 240 pages : illustrations, plans (some colour) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index. Contents; 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. Subjects; Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Stage history England London. Shakespeare, William Production of the plays. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 playwright and poet. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Stage history. Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644). Globe Theatre (Southwark, London, England). 1600-1699. Theaters England London History 17th century. Theater architecture England London. Theaters England London Construction. Southwark (London, England) Buildings, structures, etc. Architectural drawings. Elizabethan period. Reconstruction.
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