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What can a council leisure centre from the 16th and 17th centuries tell us about the early modern English playhouse? And what connections does it reveal between recreation and community identity? I address these questions by sharing a draft case study from the forthcoming book, What is a Playhouse? England at Play, 1520-1620 (Routledge 2022), and research emerging from the AHRC Box Office Bears and Middling Culture projects (www.boxofficebears.com | www.middlingculture.com). We will take a visit back in time to a sports complex run by the Corporation of Congleton in Cheshire, comprised of a cockpit, archery butts, bearbaiting sites, and bull-rings, with spaces for music and drama.
- Speaker
- Dr Callan Davies
- Hosted by
- Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen
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