The children's drama companies; the performers and their theaters; the plays and playwrights; practical music and the dramatic text; preliminary, inter-act and finale music; music for ceremony, spectacle and social occasion; music for characterization; music to move the affections; the sources of the music; the musical styles. Appendices: extant plays presented by children's companies, 1597-1613; a list of lyrics and musical sources to 1700.
"Austern's book will become the standard work on children's drama
and an important souce for reference for years to come." -- Howard
Mayer Brown of University of Chicago, Illinois
"This volume covers the field admirably and in a genuinely
interdisciplinary way." -- Michael Shapiro of University of
Illinois, Champaign, Urbana
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