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The Childrenrsquo;s Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509ndash;1608 uncovers the role of the childrenrsquo;s companies in transforming perceptions of authorship and publishing; performance; playing spaces; patronage; actor training; and gender politics in the sixteenth century.Jeanne McCarthy challenges entrenched narratives about popular playing in an era of revolutionary changes; revealing the importance of the childrenrsquo;s company traditionrsquo;s connection with many early plays; as well as to the spread of literacy; classicism; and literate ideals of drama; plot; textual fidelity; characterization; and acting in a still largely oral popular culture. By addressing developments from the hyper-literate school tradition; and integrating discussion of the childrenrsquo;s troupes into the critical conversation around popular playing practices; McCarthy offers a nuanced account of the play-centered; literary performance tradition that came to define professional theater in this period.Highlighting the significant role of the childrenrsquo;s company tradition in sixteenth-century performance culture; this volume offers a bold new narrative of the emergence of the London theater.