The Boar's Head Playhouse

The Boar's Head Playhouse
Author: Herbert Berry
Publisher: Associated University Presses
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1986
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780918016812

The Boar's Head Playhouse, Herbert Berry. The Boar's Head playhouse was built at virtually the same time as the famous Globe. This book traces its history, explains much of the way it operated in its heyday, and shows many of its physical characteristics. Illustrated.

Dangerous Talk

Dangerous Talk
Author: David Cressy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2010-01-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199564809

Dangerous Talk traces free speech across five centuries of popular political culture, and shows how scandalous, seditious and treasonable talk finally gained protection as 'the birthright of an Englishman'.

Love Spells and Lost Treasure

Love Spells and Lost Treasure
Author: Tabitha Stanmore
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2022-12-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009286706

A ground-breaking book which introduces the concept of 'service magic' while re-evaluating magic in medieval and early modern English society.