Child actors on the London stage, circa 1600 : their education, recruitment and theatrical success / by Ackroyd, Julie

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Professional children's acting companies in London, circa 1600 -- The Clifton Star Chamber Case and the recruitment of boys for the Blackfriars Company: choristers vs. actors -- Grammar school skills transferable to the Blackfriars stage: the influence of rhetoric and oration -- The portrayal of female characters by members of the Boys' Companies Age transvestism and the playing of adult male roles by children -- The exchange of play texts between adult and child companies: their use of the induction and prologue -- Play texts exchanges between child companies and amateur adult companies: the work of William Percy -- Conclusion: The place of child actor in society.…”

Child actors on the London stage, circa 1600 : their education, recruitment and theatrical success / by Ackroyd, Julie

Table of Contents: “…5 The Exchange of Play Texts Between Adult and Child Companies: Their Use of the Induction and Prologue6 Play Text Exchanges between Child Companies and Amateur Adult Companies: The Work of William Percy; Conclusion The Place of the Child Actor in Society; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About Sussex Academic Press.…”
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Shirley Temple and the performance of girlhood / by Hatch, Kristen

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The children's troupes and the transformation of English theater, 1509-1608 : pedagogue playwrights, playbooks, and play-boys / by McCarthy, Jeanne H.

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New directions in early modern English drama : edges, spaces, intersections /

Table of Contents: “…"Our queen is comming to the town" : Child actors and counsel in the Elizabethan progresses of 1574 and 1578 /…”
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Artful dodgers : reconceiving the golden age of children's literature / by Gubar, Marah, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Nesbit and the art of thieving -- The cult of the child and the controversy over child actors -- Burnett, Barrie, and the emergence of children's theatre.…”
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