Going down the drain in 1616: widow Henslowe and the Sewers Commission.

From: Shakespeare Studies | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Cerasano, S.P. | Copyright information

THERE IS, IN THE Department of Manuscripts of the British Library, a small black cardboard box. It is roughly 30 cm. in length, 10 cm. wide, and 10 cm. deep, and it appears to be a relic of the early twentieth century. Inside are four vellum rolls, almost 25 cm. in length and 5 cm. in diameter. One is tied with a frayed pink string. At one end of the box, a brown leather label identifies the contents as "Proceedings of Commission of Sewers for R. Thames, 1612-17." (1) Each roll con...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Going down the drain in 1616: widow Henslowe and the Sewers Commission.
Shakespeare Studies ; THERE IS, IN THE Department of Manuscripts of the British Library, a small black cardboard box. It is roughly 30 cm. in length, 10 cm. wide, and 10 cm. deep, and it appears to be a relic of the early twentieth century. Inside are four vellum rolls, almost 25 cm. in length and 5 cm. in diameter. One
Henslowe's "curious" diary.(Articles)
Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England ; THE text that has become known to readers as Henslowe's diary retains a central place in the realm of material evidence by which theater historians reconstruct the Elizabethan theater. However, its centrality to this endeavor is concurrently undermined by the very fabric of the book itself. While
Domestical matters.(financial management of 16th Century theatrical backer Philip Henslowe)
Shakespeare Studies ; A PROPOSED REISSUE of my edition of Henslowe's Diary (1961) (1) by Cambridge University Press led me to work through it again, recalling the bad press Henslowe has continued to suffer. W. W. Greg thought of Henslowe as an illiterate moneyed man who regarded art as a subject for exploitation, (2)
Bears and players: Philip Henslowe's double acts.(Biography)
Shakespeare Bulletin ; Philip Henslowe is famous because of his Diary, the day-by-day record of his transactions as the builder of the Rose playhouse in 1587, and its evidence for his practices as the landlord and paymaster of at least six playing companies between 1592 and his death in 1616. Those six or more companies
Elizabethan play-boys in the adult London companies.(London, England)(Essay)
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 ; The common assumption among drama scholars that the major Elizabethan and early Stuart dramatic companies recruited, maintained, and graduated their play-boys on the same model as the London guild companies has long dominated the context in which questions about the play-boys have been explored.
Cheerful Givers: Henslowe, Alleyn, and the 1612 Loan Book to the Crown.
Shakespeare Studies ; THE CIRCULATION OF MATERIAL objects--in the form of gifts, bribes, and loans--has long been central to understanding power relations in early modern Europe. Historians continually remind us that these transactions were part of the everyday traffic of social and political affairs, especially within
Manuscripts and their Makers in the English Renaissance.(Book review)
Shakespeare Studies ; Manuscripts and their Makers in the English Renaissance By Peter Beal and Grace Ioppolo London: The British Library, 2002 and Dramatists and their Manuscripts in the Age of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Heywood: Authorship, Authority and the Playhouse By Grace Ioppolo London and New York:
Dulwich MS. XX, The Telltale: clues to provenance.(Articles)(Critical Essay)
Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England ; THE papers of Edward Alleyn at his College of God's Gift at Dulwich have long provided valued information for researchers into the workings of Elizabethan theatrical companies and their stagings. Chief among them is Philip Henslowe's Diary, much quoted, used, and misused. Without these documents,
REVIEW: Public Relations - A Practical Guide to the Basics.(Book Review)
M2 Best Books ; ... the last few years, as the media and public slowly fell into the American trap of worshipping celebrities and turning them into news. Steven Fry has even starred in a comedy series about the PR industry, and so this guide could provide a way in to a lucrative ...
The Globe and Henry V as Business Document.(Globe Theater; play by William Shakespeare)(Critical Essay)
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 ; Early modern dramatic texts have been read as political documents, aesthetic statements, and instruments for social change, but they were also the property of a working company, as Roslyn Lander Knutson and others have pointed out. [1] In order to assess the place of these texts in early modern