Author: Scott McMillin
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501742647
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 179
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The manuscript of the Elizabethan play Sir Thomas More has intrigued scholars for over a century because three of its pages may have been written by Shakespeare. The Elizabethan Theatre and "The Book of Sir Thomas More" sets aside the timeworn question of authorship and considers the play in a new framework, one which by focusing on questions of the theatre attempts to free Elizabethan theatre history from the grip of its most famous author. Bringing to bear on the manuscript the perspective of a theatre historian and the resources of textual scholarship, Scott McMillin departs from most critical accounts, which have judged Sir Thomas More unfinished. Rather, McMillin addresses the manuscript as a coherent and finished work that achieves its intended purpose: to serve as a prompt book in the Elizabethan playhouse. His systematic analysis of the Sir Thomas More manuscript shows that the company for which it was written was unusually large, that it had a lead actor of outstanding capability, and that in its staging of the play it probably made use of visual repetition as an ironic device. He concludes that the theatre company of the period that most closely matched this description was Lord Strange's men, a company, incidentally, for which Shakespeare himself was known to have written in the early 1590s. Textual scholars, theatre historians, and students and scholars of Elizabethan drama will welcome The Elizabethan Theatre and "The Book of Sir Thomas More."
Author: Jean MacIntyre
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888642264
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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The scripts of the Admiral's Men (later Prince Henry's Men), the Chamberlain's Men (later the King's Men) boy actors and Worcester's/Queen Anne's Men are examined in detail to document the differing costume practices of these companies, especially the ways in which in their earlier days they reconciled visual splendor with the greatest possible economy.
Author: G.R. Hibbard
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349029114
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Author: George R Hibbard
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349025429
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Author: David Stevens
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105175219
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 319
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Formerly published as "English Renaissance Theatre History: A Reference Guide" by G. K. Hall in 1982, this annotated bibliography of scholarship in the field of Elizabethan theatre history has been out of print for almost 30 years. Most academic libraries have a copy in their reference departments, and this classic is now available for the personal libraries of students and scholars in the field. It has never been easier to review the academic literature in such areas as reconstructions of Shakespeare's Globe Playhouse, and other public and private playhouses of Shakespeare's London; the court masques; Inigo Jones; Richard Burbage and other actors of the time; the Lord Mayor's Shows; Puritan opposition to the stage; and other such topics. The terminal date of 1979 reflects the date of original production, but with this tool it is a simple matter for the scholar to update his or her review of the literature. The comprehensive Index is invaluable, and Stevens also provides a preface and introduction.
Author: Adam Woog
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Discusses the development of the English theater during the Elizabethan era, including the origins of Elizabethan theater and dramas, the influence of the queen and the church, and the impact of various playwrights and actors.
Author: Louis Montrose
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226534831
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Examines the role of Elizabethan drama in the shape of cultural belief, values, and understanding of political authority.
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 079107675X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 439
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Presents critical essays which discuss the writers and literary works of the Elizabethan era, and includes a chronology of the cultural, political, and literary events of the period.
Author: Lloyd Edward Kermode
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521899532
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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Examines a variety of plays between 1550-1600 to demonstrate how they asserted ideas and ideals of 'Englishness' for audiences.
Author: Muriel Clara Bradbrook
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521295260
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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