Insights from the Invisible Drama: Shakespeare, Lost Plays and Theatre History, c.1585-1613.

早期的现代英国戏剧几乎完全被理解为印刷或保存在手稿中的戏剧。传统的戏剧历史叙述忽视了与莎士比亚在伦敦创作和演出的700多部戏剧有关的证据，但这些戏剧现在已经丢失或仅存为碎片。这个项目将参考未发表的档案证据和分析不足的历史记录，以产生关于莎士比亚职业生涯(公元1585年至1613年)期间英国戏剧、剧作家、公司、场地和剧目实践的新知识。通过解决这一差距，该项目将对莎士比亚的戏剧市场产生新的理解。

Early modern English theatre has been understood almost exclusively in terms of plays that were printed or survived in manuscript. Traditional theatre history narratives have ignored the evidence pertaining to over 700 plays written and performed in Shakespeare’s London but which are now lost or survive only in fragments. This project will consult unpublished archival evidence and under-analysed historical records to produce new knowledge about plays, playwrights, companies, venues, and repertory practices in England during Shakespeare’s professional career (c.1585 to 1613). By addressing this gap, this project will generate new understandings of Shakespeare’s theatrical marketplace.