'Public' and 'Private' Playhouses in Renaissance England: The Politics of Publication

At the start of the seventeenth century a distinction emerged between ''public'', outdoor, amphitheatre playhouses and ''private'', indoor, hall venues. This book is the first sustained attempt to ask: why? Theatre historians have long acknowledged these terms, but have failed to attest to their variety and complexity. Assessing a range of evidence, from the start of the Elizabethan period to the ...