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'Whither Will you Walke, My Lord?': Promenading, PAR, and Place-realist Theatre.

During the 1630s a series of plays appear on the London stage with an extraordinary concentration of the city's place names in their titles; they are known collectively as 'place-realist' plays. This article considers three of these dramas — Shirley's Hyde Park, Nabbes' Tottenham Court, and Brome's...

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Published in:London Journal Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 128 - 146
Main Author: Rycroft, Eleanor
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2021
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Geographic names
Amphitheaters
Content analysis
Dramatists
London (England)
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