Screen LibraryEnglish Renaissance drama
This guide provides students with the historical, literary and theatrical contexts they need to make sense of English Renaissance drama. The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642, emphasising plays that can be read in modern editions an...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470690093 |
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This guide provides students with the historical, literary and theatrical contexts they need to make sense of English Renaissance drama. The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642, emphasising plays that can be read in modern editions and seen in modern productions. Shakespeare's plays appear as a vital but not dominating component of this repertoire. The opening section reviews the historical conditions in which Renaissance plays were written and performed, tracing the opposing influences of patronage and the market, the Court a |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vii, 325 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-318) and index. |
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9780470690093 0470690097 9780470779842 (electronic bk.) 0470779845 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | PR651 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Contents: | Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Timeline -- The Set-Up -- The Moment -- Irreligious Drama -- Courtiers and Capitalists -- Actors and Writers -- The Stage -- Background Voices -- Allegory -- Ceremony -- Drama -- Festivity -- History -- Love -- Medicine -- Rhetoric -- Romance -- Satire -- The Writers -- Francis Beaumont -- Richard Brome -- George Chapman -- Thomas Dekker -- John Fletcher -- John Ford -- Robert Greene -- Thomas Heywood -- Ben Jonson -- Thomas Kyd -- Christopher Marlowe -- John Marston -- Philip Massinger -- Thomas Middleton -- Anthony Munday -- George Peele -- William Rowl |