A Chronicle History of the London Stage 1559-1642

A Chronicle History of the London Stage 1559-1642
Author: Fleay Gard
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2013-01
Genre: English drama
ISBN: 9781313454971

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Writing the History of the British Stage

Writing the History of the British Stage
Author: Richard Schoch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1107166926

A study of British theatre historiography, from its origins in the Restoration to its development as an academic discipline in the twentieth century.

Profession of Dramatist in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642

Profession of Dramatist in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642
Author: Gerald Eades Bentley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2015-03-08
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1400872421

Gerald Eades Bentley assembles and analyzes the extant theatrical materials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His discussion of the working conditions of professional dramatists like Thomas Heywood, John Fletcher, and Philip Massinger as well as William Shakespeare rounds out the fascinating picture of the professionalism that developed in the great days of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Ben Jonson, John Marston and Early Modern Drama

Ben Jonson, John Marston and Early Modern Drama
Author: Rebecca Yearling
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137563990

This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public rivalry with Jonson than for the quality of his plays, this book argues that such a view of Marston seriously underestimates his importance to the theatre of his time. In it, the author contends that Marston's plays represent an experiment in a new kind of satiric drama, with origins in the humanist tradition of serio ludere. His works—deliberately unpredictable, inconsistent and metatheatrical—subvert theatrical conventions and provide confusingly multiple perspectives on the action, forcing their spectators to engage actively with the drama and the moral dilemmas that it presents. The book argues that Marston's work thus anticipates and perhaps influenced the mid-period work of Ben Jonson, in plays such as Sejanus, Volpone and The Alchemist.

A History Of English Literature

A History Of English Literature
Author: William Vaughn Moody
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2016-09-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1473351081

First published in 1902, this volume contains a detailed history of English literature beginning in the Anglo-Saxon Period and ending with contemporary literature. “A History of English Literature” is highly recommended for all students of literature, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Contents include: “The Anglo-Saxon Period”, “The Norman-French Period”, “The Age of Chaucer”, “The Renaissance: Non-Dramatic Literature to the Death of Spenser”, “The Renaissance: Shakespeare”, ‘The Seventeenth Century: Shakespeare’s Contemporaries and Successors in the Drama”, “The Seventeenth Century: Non-dramatic Literature before the Restoration”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.