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...Lawrence, a recognized authority on the history of the English stage from the Elizabethan period through the Restoration, will offer as half courses in the first half-year English 38 and English 15. The English Theatre in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries will be the subject for English 38, with special consideration being given to its structure, its public, and its players. English 15 will deal with Studies and Problems in the History of the English Theatre in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries...
Among the subjects considered in English 15 will be the Inn Yard performances and their influence on English dramaturgy, the physical conditions of the early public theatres, the origin and characteristic of the Elizabethan "private" playhouse, the influence of the "decor simultane" on early court staging, the principles of early dramatic collaboration, stage lighting; its rise and progress from 1590 to 1800, the principles of early prompt-book making, early play-going customs, the mystery of the Restoration procenian doors, the characteristics of Elizabethan acting, doubling as a primative principle and its influence of dramaturgy...
Lowes Praises Elizabethan Scholar...
...Lawrence," declared Professor Lowes, "is in my estimation the foremost scholar of the world on the subject of Elizabethan drama. It is by the greatest good fortune that we have been able to procure his services for the University...
...Lawrence is at present in Stratford-on-Avon. He will give a middle group course next year, probably on the history of the Elizabethan stage...