Renaissance drama : an anthology of plays and entertainments
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Renaissance drama : an anthology of plays and entertainments
（Blackwell anthologies）
Blackwell Publishers, 1999
- : pbk
Available at 25 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references
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Description
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 - Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Webster - as well as new dramatic scripts and plays published for the first time.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. Introduction. A Note on the Texts. Brief Lives. 1. The Queen's Majesty's Passage: Richard Mulcaster. 2. The Lady of May: Sir Philip Sidney. 3. The Spanish Tragedy: Thomas Kyd. 4. Arden of Faversham: Anonymous. 5. The Honorable Entertainment Given to the Queen's Majesty in Progress at Elvetham in Hampshire: Anonymous. 6. The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus: Christopher Marlowe. 7. The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second: Christopher Marlowe. 8. The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thomas Dekker. 9. A Woman Killed with Kindness: Thomas Heywood. 10. The Magnificent Entertainment: Thomas Dekker. 11. The Masque of Blackness: Ben Johnson. 12. The Triumphs of Re-United Britannia: Anthony Munday. 13. The Knight of the Burning Pestle: Francis Beaumont. 14. The Tragedy of the Duchess of Malfi: John Webster. 15. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside: Thomas Middleton. 16. The Changeling: Thomas Middleton and William Rowley. 17. Bartholemew Fair: Ben Johson. 18. 'Tis Pity She's A Whore: John Ford. Further Reading.
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