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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780626003321

Autore

Moseley C. W. R. D (Charles W. R. D.)

Titolo

English Renaissance drama [[electronic resource] ] : a very brief introduction to theatre and theatres in Shakespeare's time / / C.W.R.D. Moseley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tirril [England], : Humanities-Ebooks, 2008

ISBN

1-282-04021-9

9786612040214

1-84760-020-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Literature insights

Disciplina

822/.309

Soggetti

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

English drama - 17th century - History and criticism

Renaissance - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright and licence""; ""Title Page""; ""A Note on the Author ""; "" Introduction""; "" 2. The new theatres""; "" 3. Attitudes to theatre and players.""; "" 4. Audiences and expectations""; "" 5. The Acting Space: Limitations and resources""; "" 6. Props""; "" 7. �A Play toward�: the companies, actors and acting""; "" 8. Kinds of plays ""; ""History""; ""Tragedy""; ""Revenge tragedy""; ""Pastoral""; ""Comedy""; "" 9. Epilogue""; "" Further Reading""; ""Appendix 1: Some dramatists working in the period 1585�1625""; ""Francis Beaumont (1584/5�1616) ""

""George Chapman (ca. 1559�May 12, 1634)""""Henry Chettle (1564?�1607?) ""; ""Thomas Dekker (c. 1572�1632)""; ""Fletcher, John (1579�1625)""; ""Robert Greene (?1560�1592)""; ""Jasper Heywood (1535�1598)""; ""Thomas Heywood (died c. 1650), ""; ""Ben Jonson (1572�1637)""; ""Thomas Kyd (1558�94)""; ""John Lyly (c. 1553�1606)""; ""Christopher Marlowe (1564�93)""; ""John Marston (1576�1634) ""; ""Thomas Middleton (1580�1627)""; ""George Peele (1558?�1598)""; ""William Shakespeare (1564�1616)""; ""Cyril Tourneur (c. 1575�1626)""; ""John Webster (c. 1580�c. 1625) ""


""War of the theatres """"Appendix 2: An Outline Chronology of Political Events (with dates of some important plays on historical themes)""; ""Appendix 3: Hyperlinked Materials""; ""Appendix 4: Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man""; ""Conceptual Index""; ""Other Insights ""