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Book SynopsisThis 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 analysis of their plays and theatrical practices, it examines early modern theatre as a site in which children have the opportunity to articulate their emerging selfhoods.
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Tables of the Children's Playing Companies' Repertories Introduction: Defining Early Modern Childhoods The Child as Trope: Performing Age and Gender on the Early Modern Children's Stage Evaluating Childhood: The Theatrical Trade in Children Performing Court and Nation: The English Child Player Playing Children: Education and Youth Culture in the Early Modern Theatre Remembering Childhood: Nathan Field's Theatrical Career Bibliography Index
