This book investigates how the Children of Paul's (1599-1606) and the Children of the Queen's Revels (1600-13) defined their players as children and, via an ana

The first book to systematically analyze the role the performing arts played in English schools after the Reformation.

What did childhood mean in early modern England? To answer this question, this book examines two key contemporary institutions: the school and the stage. The ri

An international team of scholars examines the theatrical world in which Shakespeare worked, tracing the social, political, and patronage pressures under which

What did childhood mean in early modern England? To answer this question, this book examines two key contemporary institutions: the school and the stage. The ri