The conspiracy and tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron

Author(s)

• Chapman, George
• Margeson, J. M. R.

Bibliographic Information

The conspiracy and tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron

George Chapman ; edited by John Margeson

（The revels plays）

Manchester University Press , Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1988

Uniform Title

Conspiracie and tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron, Marshall of France

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A critical edition of Chapman's ten-act tradegy of 1608, a play about recent French history and a reflection on moral and political issues. An account of the play's relation to other humanist tragedies of the Jacobean theatre, particularly those of Ben Jonson is included.

Table of Contents

• The dramatist
• date
• theatre and acting company
• censorship and the text
• the text
• sources
• the play
• stage history. Appendices: Chapman and Grimeston
• letter from the French ambassador, Antoine Lefevre de la Boderie to Pierre de Puisieux, Marquis de Sillery, 8 April 1608
• the Dobell letters
• Byron and the Essex conspiracy.

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Details

• NCID: BA2375996X
• ISBN:
  • 0719016339
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Manchester, UK ; New York, NY, USA,New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 287 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR2447
  • DC19 : 822/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Biron, Charles de Gontaut, duc de, 1562-1602 -- Drama
  • LCSH : France -- History -- Henry IV, 1589-1610 -- Drama
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00274021