Andrew Gurr has been deeply involved in the efforts to reconstruct Shakespeare's Globe theatre on Bankside in Southwark, London. He is Chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee, of Globe Education, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Shakespeare Globe Centre.Andrew Gurr's publications include: The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 (CUP, 1970; 3e 1992); Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (CUP, 1987); Studying Shakespeare: An Introduction (Edward Arnold). Most recently he has edited Henry V for CUP (1992).

This is one of those monumental works that will last for many generations. ... , he retains in his accounts of the history of playing a lively sense of interdependence of plays and players. ... The lists and statistics are as full and as accurate as current research permits. At that level, this book is uniquely valuable. But it is much more than a compendium of known facts. ... It is a significant aspect of this important book that it carries the story through to its conclusion in the 1642 closure of the theatres. Vivid towards the end of Gurr's narrative, and vital to it throughout, is his feeling for the impact on the entertainment industry of the struggles for power and salvation that divided the nation. The playing place is always social space./Peter Thomson, University of Exeter/ Theatre Research International Vol 23 No 1

Andrew Gurr has been deeply involved in the efforts to reconstruct Shakespeare's Globe theatre on Bankside in Southwark, London. He is Chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee, of Globe Education, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Shakespeare Globe Centre.Andrew Gurr's publications include: The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 (CUP, 1970; 3e 1992); Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (CUP, 1987); Studying Shakespeare: An Introduction (Edward Arnold). Most recently he has edited Henry V for CUP (1992).

This is one of those monumental works that will last for many generations. ... , he retains in his accounts of the history of playing a lively sense of interdependence of plays and players. ... The lists and statistics are as full and as accurate as current research permits. At that level, this book is uniquely valuable. But it is much more than a compendium of known facts. ... It is a significant aspect of this important book that it carries the story through to its conclusion in the 1642 closure of the theatres. Vivid towards the end of Gurr's narrative, and vital to it throughout, is his feeling for the impact on the entertainment industry of the struggles for power and salvation that divided the nation. The playing place is always social space./Peter Thomson, University of Exeter/ Theatre Research International Vol 23 No 1

Andrew Gurr has been deeply involved in the efforts to reconstruct Shakespeare's Globe theatre on Bankside in Southwark, London. He is Chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee, of Globe Education, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Shakespeare Globe Centre.Andrew Gurr's publications include: The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 (CUP, 1970; 3e 1992); Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (CUP, 1987); Studying Shakespeare: An Introduction (Edward Arnold). Most recently he has edited Henry V for CUP (1992).

This is one of those monumental works that will last for many generations. ... , he retains in his accounts of the history of playing a lively sense of interdependence of plays and players. ... The lists and statistics are as full and as accurate as current research permits. At that level, this book is uniquely valuable. But it is much more than a compendium of known facts. ... It is a significant aspect of this important book that it carries the story through to its conclusion in the 1642 closure of the theatres. Vivid towards the end of Gurr's narrative, and vital to it throughout, is his feeling for the impact on the entertainment industry of the struggles for power and salvation that divided the nation. The playing place is always social space./Peter Thomson, University of Exeter/ Theatre Research International Vol 23 No 1