The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0674  Wednesday, 18 July 2006

From: 		William Godshalk <
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Date: 		Tuesday, 18 Jul 2006 13:18:52 -0400
Subject: 17.0667 Shakespeare Reading -- Where?
Comment: 	Re: SHK 17.0667 Shakespeare Reading -- Where?

 >Jack Heller asks: "Could one answer be that the theater companies
 >themselves maintained a collection of books? Or someone like Henslowe.

Well, we know that playhouses maintained libraries of playscripts, and 
we know that at least some scripts were kept at the playhouse. But, of 
course, there is a big difference between scripts and reference books. 
Would a big name dramatist like Shakespeare be able to obtain a research 
budget -- with the expectation that the books purchased on this budget 
be kept in the playhouse library?

Bill

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