For Sale First Edition, 1st Printing

For Sale First Edition

Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good Cloth First Edition Some fading to boards a damp to prelims.

Condition: Good. An acceptable reading copy only. :: Further Information: No synopsis available. First Edition. 320pp. ::

First edition. A near fine book in near fine (front flap has small fold) dust jacket

In the late 1580s a new kind of entertainment flowered in London: professional theatre, with it custom built playhouses, professional companies, incredible staging and, last but not least, the new writers, poets, playwrights - the roaring boys. To ambitious young writers, London was a magnet offering the possibility of fame, excitement, wealth and opportunity beyond their wildest dreams. Arriving in London from quite ordinary backgrounds - Marlowe was the son of a shoemaker, Shakespeare's family were leather workers, Jonson's stepfather a bricklayer - they suddenly found themselves feted, offered large sums of money, the darlings of audiences - and they created drama off stage as well as on.