{"product_id":"dream-factory-1","title":"Dream Factory","description":"\u003cb\u003e“One of the most exciting and original books about Shakespeare that I’ve read in years.”—James Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable untold story of Shakespeare’s first theatre – the playhouse before the Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1576, in a muddy field in Shoreditch, James Burbage erected London’s first purpose-built commercial playhouse. A place of high culture and quick profit, run by cunning dreamers, the Theatre for the first time offered London’s players the chance to control what they staged. At a time when playgoing was held to be close to a sin, this entertainment factory was a flashpoint for controversy – but would also become Shakespeare’s first theatre, where he learned to ply his trade before his company moved to the Globe.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Through the life of this little-known playhouse, Daniel Swift tells the story of how Shakespeare became Shakespeare, and the Elizabethan stage began to flourish. Introducing us to the businessmen who dreamed up the Theatre, the carpenters who built it, the preachers who hated it, and the actors who performed upon its small stage, \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Factory\u003c\/i\u003e recreates the world that produced \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e – and the audiences who first saw them.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249229123928,"sku":"9780300263541","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780300263541.jpg?v=1780115416","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dream-factory-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}