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Blackfriars: Playhouse, 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 juxtaposition of theater and godly preaching.

During the early days of the professional English theatre, dramatists wrote for playhouses that, though enclosed by surrounding walls, remained open to the ambient air and the sky above. This book considers the various ways in which the air is brought into presence within early modern drama.

Unpicking the ecopolitics of Shakespeare's plays at the Stuart court, this book establishes that the playwright was remarkably attentive to the environmental issues of his era. Combining environmental history with close readings of Shakespearean wordplay, original typography, and performance conditions, this study re-wilds the Renaissance stage.