The Influence of the Jacobean Masque on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher

The Influence of the Jacobean Masque on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher
Author: Suzanne Gossett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2017-03-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1351848305

This title, first published in 1988, examines the influence of the Jacobean masque on the plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. The author examines the ways in which the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher represent not only a great expression of human emotion, but how they are also a fine example of the growth and change of dramatic form. This title will be of interest to students of drama, literature and performance studies.

Performances at Court in the Age of Shakespeare

Performances at Court in the Age of Shakespeare
Author: Sophie Chiari
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2019-10-24
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1108486673

A fascinating insight into court entertainment - encompassing dance, music and performance - in the age of Shakespeare.

Music in Shakespearean Tragedy

Music in Shakespearean Tragedy
Author: Frederick William Sternfeld
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2005
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780415353274

First published in 1963. When originally published this book was the first to treat at full length the contribution which music makes to Shakespeare's great tragedies, among them Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. Here the playwright's practices are studied in conjunction with those of his contemporaries: Marlowe and Jonson, Marston and Chapman. From these comparative assessments there emerges the method that is peculiar to Shakespeare: the employment of song and instrumental music to a degree hitherto unknown, and their use as an integral part of the dramatic structure.

Music in Shakespearean Tragedy

Music in Shakespearean Tragedy
Author: F W Sternfeld
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 113656909X

First published in 1963. When originally published this book was the first to treat at full length the contribution which music makes to Shakespeare's great tragedies, among them Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. Here the playwright's practices are studied in conjunction with those of his contemporaries: Marlowe and Jonson, Marston and Chapman. From these comparative assessments there emerges the method that is peculiar to Shakespeare: the employment of song and instrumental music to a degree hitherto unknown, and their use as an integral part of the dramatic structure.

Music in Elizabethan Court Politics

Music in Elizabethan Court Politics
Author: Katherine Butler (Music tutor)
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1843839814

Music and musical entertainments are here shown to be used for different ends, by both monarch and courtiers.

The Life of William Shakespeare

The Life of William Shakespeare
Author: Lois Potter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2012-05-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1118281527

The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Written by an eminent Shakespearean scholar and experienced theatre reviewer Pays particular attention to Shakespeare's theatrical contemporaries and the ways in which they influenced his writing Offers an intriguing account of the life and work of the great poet-dramatist structured around the idea of memory Explores often neglected literary and historical contexts that illuminate Shakespeare's life and works