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Renaissance drama : an anthology of plays and entertainments / edited by Arthur F. Kinney.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR1263 .R45 2005
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LIBRA PR1263 .R45 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell anthologies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600.
- English drama.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.
- English drama--17th century.
- Renaissance--England.
- Renaissance.
- England.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 914 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
- Summary:
- This pioneering collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama covers the full sweep of dramatic performances in the England Shakespeare knew. Newly edited from manuscript and quarto, all the major playwrights are here, among them Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, and Webster. At the same time, the volume features plays, pageants, and entertainments not widely anthologized elsewhere, such as the coronation entries of Elizabeth I and Queen Anne, and Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness.
- The second edition includes new emphasis on women as authors and subjects. More early material has also been added, such as Noah and The Second Shepherds' Play. Mary Sidney's The Tragedy of Antony has been included in its entirety, as have John Marston's The Malcontent and Ben Jonson's The Masque of Queens. As before, extensive footnotes clarify special terms and hidden meanings, and introductions to each of the individual works highlight relevant socio-historical information. A general introduction recalls the cultural history of the Shakespearean age in early modern England.
- Contents:
- Brief Lives 14
- The Oxfordshire St. George Play 31
- The Cycle Plays 37
- The Murder of Abel (Mactacio Abel) (Towneley Cycle) 43
- Noah (Chester Cycle) 57
- The Second Shepherds' Play (Towneley Cycle) 69
- A Merry Play Between the Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate and Neighbor Pratt / John Heywood 89
- The Noble Triumphant Coronation of Queen Anne, Wife unto the Most Noble King Henry the VIII / Anonymous 105
- The Queen's Majesty's Passage / Richard Mulcaster 115
- The Lady of May / Sir Philip Sidney 133
- The Spanish Tragedy / Thomas Kyd 143
- The Tragical History of D. Faustus / Christopher Marlowe 193
- Arden of Faversham / Anonymous 227
- The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second / Christopher Marlowe 271
- The Tragedy of Antony / Mary Sidney 325
- The Shoemakers' Holiday / Thomas Dekker 365
- The Malcontent / John Marston 409
- The Triumphs of Re-United Britannia / Anthony Munday 467
- A Woman Killed with Kindness / Thomas Heywood 481
- The Knight of the Burning Pestle / Francis Beaumont 521
- The Masque of Queens / Ben Jonson 571
- A Chaste Maid in Cheapside / Thomas Middleton 589
- The Duchess of Malfi / John Webster 637
- Bartholomew Fair / Ben Jonson 699
- The Barriers / Anonymous 775
- The Changeling / Thomas Middleton, William Rowley 785
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore / John Ford 833
- Appendix Cultural Documents 883
- I The Chester Plays 885
- II The Order of Corpus Christi Plays at Chester 886
- III The Late Banns for Performance, Chester 887
- IV Anne Boleyn's Entry into London 890
- V The History of a Most Horrible Murder Commited at Faversham in Kent 893
- VI On the Prohibition of Plays 899
- VII The Case Against Drama 900
- VIII Stage Plays and Interludes, with their wickedness 902
- IX The Life and Raigne of King Edward of Carnarvan 903
- X The infortunate mariage of a Gentleman, called Antonio Bologna, wyth the Duchesse of Malfi, and the pitifull death of them both 906
- XI The Creation of Prince Charles 908
- XII Floor Plan of Gray's Inn Hall 910
- XIII John Chamberlain, Letter to Dudley Carleton, August 21, 1624 911
- XIV Exchequer Accounts, October 1, 1631-September 10, 1632 912
- XV A Survey of the Chambers and Societies of the Inns of Court 913
- XVI Women's Roles 914.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1405119667
- 1405119675
- OCLC:
- 54826165
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