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y separately published work icon Impressment : Managers, Actors and Impressed Boys single work   novel   historical fiction  
Alternative title: Impressment : Managers, Actors and Impressed Boys : A Fictional Story Based on Fact
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Impressment : Managers, Actors and Impressed Boys
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'In 1597 Queen Elizabeth I signed a Royal warrant giving theatre managers Henry Evans, Nathaniel Giles and their deputy, James Robinson authority to 'impress' boys to be actors in the second Blackfriars Theatre. In reality it was kidnapping against which there were no laws in Elizabethan England. As a result two of the greatest boy players of the age, Nathan Field and Salomon Pavy suffered 'impressment'. The setting up of the new Blackfriars indoor theatre and its fluctuating fortunes ushers a cavalcade of characters into the former Dominican Priory.'

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Hazelbrook, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,: MoshPit Publishing , 2015 .
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      Extent: 205p.p.
      ISBN: 9781925353501
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Last amended 27 Oct 2015 08:50:08
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • ca. 1600
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