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This book offers students factual and interpretative material about the principal theatres, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580-1642. Ten distinguished scholars offer fresh, informative and challenging studies of the drama. They give factual answers to the kind of questions that students raise and also provide critical analytical comment on individual plays and typical sequences, guidance on the special contributions of playwrights, attempting to distinguish the extraordinary from the merely conventional. Three wide-ranging chapters on theatres, dramaturgy and the social, cultural and political conditions in which the drama was produced and perceived, are followed by chapters describing and illustrating various theatrical genres: private and occasional drama, political plays, heroic plays, burlesque, comedy, tragedy, with a final essay on the drama produced during the reign of Charles I. Shakespeare's plays are discussed in appropriate contexts, but do not dominate the discussion. The aim is to show the rich variety of drama in the period. An extensive biographical and bibliographical section details the work of the dramatists discussed in the book and the best sources for further study. A chronological table provides a full listing of new plays performed from 1497-1642, with a parallel list of major political and theatrical events.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521386623
eBay Product ID (ePID)91364069
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama
Book SeriesCambridge Companions to Literature
Publication Year1990
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
AuthorA. R. Braunmuller, Michael Hattaway
TopicLiterature
Number of Pages472 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height228 mm
Item Weight755 g
Additional Product Features
EditorA. R. Braunmuller, Michael Hattaway
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom