The Revenger's tragedy : the state of play / edited by Gretchen E. Minton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Minton, Gretchen E., 1970- editor.

Series:

Arden Shakespeare state of play series.

Arden Shakespeare state of play series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middleton, Thomas, -1627. Revenger's tragedie, or, the loyal brother.

Middleton, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2020.

Summary:

The Revenger's Tragedy (1606), now widely attributed to Thomas Middleton, is a play that provides a dark, satirical response to other revenge tragedies such as Hamlet. With its over-the-top and highly theatrical approach to revenge, The Revenger's Tragedy has emerged as one of the most compelling examples of a drama by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries. This collection of ten newly-commissioned essays situates the play with respect to other Middleton and Shakespeare works as well as repertory, showcasing recent research about the play's engagement with issues such as religion, genre, race, language and performance.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Vindice and Vice - The Revenger's Tragedy as Morality Play

2. Playing with Hell: The Revenger's Tragedy and the Infernal

3. Calvinism and the Problematic of Character in The Revenger's Tragedy

4. Satirical Ethics and Efficacy in The Revenger's Tragedy

5. Chaste Whiteness and National Identity in The Revenger's Tragedy

6. 'Cause I love swearing': Genre, Language and Performance in The Revenger's Tragedy

7. 'The Dramaturgy of The Revenger's Tragedy

8. The 1607 Quarto and Stage Directions

9. Objects and Gender: The Revenger's Tragedy in Performance and on Film

10. 'Deny advancement, treasure, the duke's son?': The De-Commoditized Female in Twenty-First-Century Revenger's Tragedy Performance

Afterword

Notes

Index.

Notes:

"In the spring of 2015, a group of scholars at the Shakespeare Association of America annual meeting in Vancouver gathered ate on a Saturday afternoon to discuss a range of papers they had written about the Revenger's Tragedy"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474280402

1474280404

9781474280389

1474280382

9781474280396

1474280390

OCLC:

1201426563