Download or read book Blackfriars in Early Modern London written by Christopher Highley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackfriars: Theater, Church, and Neighborhood in Early Modern London is a cultural history of an urban enclave best known in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for the incongruous juxtaposition of playing and godly preaching. As the former site of one of London's great religious houses, the post-Reformation Blackfriars was a Liberty free from mayoral control. The legal exemptions and privileges enjoyed by its residents helped attract an unusual mix of groups and activities. Zealous preachers and puritan parishioners mingled with playhouse workers and playgoers, as well as with the immigrant 'strangers' who settled here. The book focuses on local playhouse-church relations and asks how a theatrical culture was able to flourish in a parish dominated by committed puritans. Physically, the church of St Anne's and the playhouse were virtually next-door, but ideologically they seemed poles apart. Yet despite the occasional efforts of some residents to close the playhouse, godly religion and commercial playing managed to coexist. In explanation, the book examines the conflicting economic and ideological priorities of residents and the overriding desire to promote order and neighborliness. More provocatively, I argue that the Blackfriars pulpit and stage could be mutually reinforcing sites of performance. Preachers as well as playwrights exploited the Liberty's vexed relations with authority to air satirical and dissident views of the established church and state. By examining Blackfriars sermons and plays side-by-side, the book reveals a synergy between two institutions usually considered implacable enemies.
Download or read book Old Blackfriars written by Beatrice Marshall and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beatrice Marshall is the author of "Emma Marshall, a Biographical Sketch" as well as "Old Blackfriars."
Download or read book Blackfriars Wynd Analyzed written by George Bell and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Children of the Chapel at Blackfriars 1597 1603 written by Charles William Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nobody Told Me written by Hollie McNish and published by Blackfriars. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 'This book should be required reading for anyone thinking of having a baby, or even anyone who knows someone who is thinking of having a baby' Scotland on Sunday 'Fascinating and honest' Mumsnet 'Like talking to a friend' Observer There were many things that Hollie McNish didn't know before she was pregnant. How her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly ice can melt on a stomach. These were on top of the many other things she didn't know about babies: how to stand while holding one; how to do a poetry gig with your baby as an audience member; how drum'n'bass can make a great lullaby. And that's before you even start on toddlers. But Hollie learned. And she's still learning, slowly. Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories; Hollie's thoughts on raising a child in modern Britain, of trying to become a parent in modern Britain, of sex, commercialism, feeding, gender and of finding secret places to scream once in a while.
Download or read book Secret Southwark and Blackfriars written by Kristina Bedford and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret Southwark and Blackfriars explores the little-known and colourful history of Southwark and Blackfriars on the River Thames in the heart of London through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Download or read book Southwark and Blackfriars in 50 Buildings written by Lucy McMurdo and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating tour of the architectural treasures and landmarks of Southwark and Blackfriars from across the centuries.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Blackfriars Playhouse written by Irwin Smith and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Thief of Blackfriars Lane written by Michelle Griep and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s Often a Fine Line Between a Criminal and a Saint Constable Jackson Forge intends to make the world safer, or at least the streets of Victorian London. But that’s Kit Turner’s domain, a swindler who runs a crew that acquires money the old-fashioned way—conning the rich to give to the poor. When a local cab driver goes missing, Jackson is tasked with finding the man, and the only way to do that is by enlisting Kit’s help. If Jackson doesn’t find the cabby, he’ll be fired. If Kit doesn’t help Jackson, he’ll arrest her for thievery. Yet neither of them realize those are the least of their problems.
Download or read book The Black Friars of Edinburgh written by William Moir Bryce and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of London written by Henry Andrade Harben and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book God Off Broadway written by Matthew Powell (O.P.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blackfriars Theatre, founded in 1940, was one of New York's first Off-Broadway playhouses. It was unique in another way: it was the only professional level theatre in the United States under Roman Catholic auspices. This book examines the efforts of the Blackfriars staff to meld theatre and religion between 1940 and 1972.
Download or read book The University of Chicago Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare s Two Playhouses written by Sarah Dustagheer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what ways did playwrights like Shakespeare respond to the two urban locations of the Globe and the Blackfriars? What was the effect of their different acoustic and visual experiences on actors and audiences? What did the labels 'public' for the Globe and 'private' for the Blackfriars, actually mean in practice? Sarah Dustagheer offers the first in-depth, comparative analysis of the performance conditions of the two sites. This engaging study examines how the social, urban, sensory and historical characteristics of these playhouses affected dramatists, audiences and actors. Each chapter provides new interpretations of seminal King's Men's works written as the company began to perform in both settings, including The Alchemist, The Tempest and Henry VIII. Presenting a rich and compelling account of the two early modern theatres, the book also suggests fresh insights into recent contemporary productions at Shakespeare's Globe, London and the new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Download or read book A Christian Approach to Corporate Religious Liberty written by Edward A. David and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses one of the most urgent issues in contemporary American law—namely, the logic and limits of extending free exercise rights to corporate entities. Pointing to the polarization that surrounds disputes like Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, David argues that such cases need not involve pitting flesh-and-blood individuals against the rights of so-called “corporate moral persons.” Instead, David proposes that such disputes should be resolved by attending to the moral quality of group actions. This approach shifts attention away from polarizing rights-talk and towards the virtues required for thriving civic communities. More radically, however, this approach suggests that groups themselves should not be viewed as things or “persons” in the first instance, but rather as occasions of coordinated activity. Discerned in the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, this reconceptualization helps illuminate the moral stakes of a novel—and controversial—form of religious freedom.
Download or read book Herbert s Metropolitan hand book written by Henry Herbert (and co.) and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book London Past and Present written by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based upon the Handbook of London, by the late Peter Cunningham.
