Main entry:

Orrell, John.

Title & Author:

The theatres of Inigo Jones and John Webb / John Orrell.

Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Description:

xiii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index.
Machine derived contents note: List of plates; Preface; A note on terminology; 1. Introduction; 2. The theatre at Christ Church, Oxford; 3. The Cockpit in Drury Lane; 4. Perspective scenes at Somerset House; 5. The Cockpit-in-Court; 6. The Paved Court Theatre at Somerset House; 7. The Florimn̈e Theatre at Whitehall; 8. The Masquing House at Whitehall; 9. An unidentified theatre project; 10. The Hall Theatre at Whitehall; 11. Conclusion; Notes; Index.
Electronic version available via the Internet.

Summary:

As surveyor of the King's Works, Inigo Jones was responsible for the visual aspects of the masques performed at the various royal palaces, and both he and his pupil John Webb designed a number of regular theatres at Court. This book gathers together all of the drawings for playhouses which they prepared for the drama proper, excluding the more specialised designs for the Court masque. The designs are close to the mainstream of theatre development in the seventeenth century, ranging from the Cockpit in Drury Lane, 1616, to the Hall Theatre at Whitehall half a century later. Some of the designs are newly identified; others are reinterpreted, and many individual drawings are reassigned. As a result Jones and Webb are established as clearly the most effective London theatre builders of the seventeenth century, at least as influential in the architecture of playhouses and stages as they were in the more painterly traditions of scene design.

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ISBN:

0521255465
9780521255462

Subject:

Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652.
Webb, John, 1611-1672.
Jones, Inigo 1573-1652
Webb, John 1611-1672
Jones, Inigo, (1611-1672)
Webb, John, (1611-1672)
Jones, Inigo.
Webb, John.
Fürstliches Schauspielhaus Bad Pyrmont
Theater architecture England.
Architecture, Renaissance England.
Ophthalmology.
Architecture des théâtres Angleterre.
Architecture de la Renaissance Angleterre.
Ophtalmologie.
Architecture, Renaissance
Theater architecture
Architekturzeichnung
Bühnenbild
Theaterbau
Theater
Theaters.
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery Great Britain History 17th century.
Theaters Great Britain History 17th century.
Théâtres Grande-Bretagne Angleterre (GB) 17e siècle.
Architecture de la Renaissance Grande-Bretagne Angleterre (GB)
England
Großbritannien
London (England) Theaters.
England Theatres Architectural design, 1610-1670

Form/genre:

Periodical
periodicals.
Periodicals.
Périodiques.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 79442
Call No.: ID:85-B10079
Status: Available