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callan davies

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early modern leisure, play/s, culture | books: "What is a Playhouse?"+"Strangeness" + new intro to Shakespeare’s Merry Wives | MCFC⚽️| FSA, FRHistS | he/him
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Amazing to see ‘What is a Playhouse?’ among @HistoryToday’s Books of 2023!

(Can buy in the sale right now: routledge.com/What-is-a-Play…)

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www.routledge.com What is a Playhouse?: England at Play, 1520–1620 This book offers an accessible introduction to England’s sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century playing industry and a fresh account of the architecture, multiple uses, communities, crowds, and...
History Today @HistoryToday Nov 23, 2023
Revolutions and rubles, godlings and fascist symbols, Shakespeare and silk: ten historians choose their favourite new history books of 2023.

Read on at buff.ly/3RbfC4B
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callan davies @callanjd
Some exciting book news to round out the year 🎉: signed a contract with Yale for a popular history/"trade book" on the Curtain playhouse (out c. 2028). Provisionally titled "Curtain: The Story of a Shakespearean Playhouse" (+ provisional "blurb"). Resolution of writing for 2025!
Curtain: The Story of a Shakespearean Playhouse Before the Globe, there was the Curtain. Built in the mid-1570s, the Curtain playhouse was the longest-lasting Elizabethan London theatre space. This book explores the playhouse’s Shakespearean connections and some of the famous plays that debuted at the venue, but it also asks what such a playhouse actually meant to its neighbours and visitors. How did the Curtain shape the lives of those within its relatively wide-ranging compass, and how did they shape it? Curtain takes the reader on a chronological journey through the life and times of the playhouse and its environs. Each chapter follows a local guide: a real person from the historical record. Follow the footsteps of comedians, playwrights, and businesspeople navigating the period’s vibrant entertainment industry. This cultural history delves into the social, economic, and global concerns that made 16th- and 17th-century playhouses what they were—and reflects on what they
"This letter sets forth the agreement between Callan Davies and Yale University Press London to publish in association with Yale University Press in New Haven the book tentatively titled Curtain: The Story of a Shakespearean Playhouse."
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