The English History Play in the age of Shakespeare

The English History Play in the age of Shakespeare
Author: Irving Ribner.
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1136566856
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First published in 1957. This edition re-issues the second edition of 1965. Recognized as one of the leading books in its field, The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare presents the most comprehensive account available of the English historical drama from its beginning to the closing of the theatres in 1642 and relates this development to Renaissance historiography and Elizabethan political theory.

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
Author: S. P. Cerasano
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2008-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780838641804
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Reflecting a variety of scholarly interests, this volume includes articles that range addressing Africans in Elizabeth London to chapel stagings, to the theory and practice of domestic tragedy. It also includes essays on the historical and theoretical issues relating to the evolution of dramatic texts and women at the theater.

A Critical Edition of The Life and Death of Jack Straw, 1594

A Critical Edition of The Life and Death of Jack Straw, 1594
Author: Stephen Longstaffe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002
Genre: Drama
ISBN:
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Lightly modernized and corrected this annotated edition is both authoritative and scrupulously edited. It presents the play on The Life and Death of Jack Straw which dramatized the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 and includes a set of accompanying notes.