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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

Humanities Insights

Literature insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English drama.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tirril [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, also available in paperback from Troubador, introduces the conclusions of recent scholarship and research into theatrical conditions, conventions and concepts in the time of Shakespeare.

Contents:

""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 ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index.

ISBN:

9786612040214

9781282040212

1282040219

9781847600202

1847600204

OCLC:

918558526