Aerial View of Theatrical Performance in a London Inn-yard

Aerial View of Theatrical Performance in a London Inn-yard

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

Theater--England--History--16th century

This imaginative illustration features a lone actor performing on a proscenium stage in the courtyard area of an Elizabethan London inn. Surrounding the temporarily constructed stage on three sides is a densely packed audience. Beyond the confines of the inn, a similarly dense crowd populates the early modern London street.

Hodges, C. Walter (Cyril Walter), 1909-2004

Hodges, C. Walter. Shakespeare's Theater (New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1967), p. 45.

Coward-McCann, Inc.

1967 (First American Impression)

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embta2013-00125

Watercolor over pencil