By Ms Wooding Barbara
ISBN-10: 1409452670
ISBN-13: 9781409452676
Even for students who've committed their careers to the early sleek theatre, the identify John Lowin would possibly not immediately evoke recognition-until now, the actor's lifestyles and contribution to the theatre of the interval hasn't ever been the topic of a full-length publication.
In this examine, Barbara Wooding presents a finished assessment of the existence and instances of Lowin, a pace-setter of the King's Men's corporation and one of many maximum actors of the 17th century. She examines his involvement within the Jacobean/Caroline international as performer, citizen and corporate supervisor, and contextualizes his lifestyles and occupation in the socio-economic and political framework of the period.
Although references to him within the data are patchy and sporadic, information regarding his actions in the King's Men's corporation is definitely documented. during analysing much less widespread performs of the interval and the characters Lowin performed in them, Wooding supplementations severe figuring out of the scope and diversity of Caroline drama.
Because Lowin's profession burgeoned after Shakespeare's and Burbage's dying, his existence in Southwark and his occupation with an analogous corporation furnishes the chance for an exam of the altering prestige of actors, and the workout in their talents in the drama of the later playhouse period.
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