The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

486 Pages·2003·4.17 MB·English

by  A. R. Braunmuller

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TheCambridgeCompaniontoEnglishRenaissanceDrama
ThissecondeditionoftheCompanionoffersstudentsup-to-datefactualand
interpretativematerialabouttheprincipaltheatres,playwrights,andplaysof
themostimportantperiodofEnglishdrama,from1580to1642.Threewide-
rangingchaptersontheatres,dramaturgy,andthesocial,cultural,andpolitical
conditions of the drama are followed by chapters describing and illustrating
varioustheatricalgenres:privateandoccasionaldrama,politicalplays,heroic
plays,burlesque,comedy,tragedy,withafinalessayonthedramaproduced
during the reign of Charles I. Several of the essays have been substantially
revisedandallofthereferencesupdated.Anexpandedbiographicalandbib-
liographical section details the work of the dramatists discussed in the book
and the best sources for further study. A chronological table provides a full
listingofnewplaysperformedfrom1497to1642,withaparallellistofmajor
politicalandtheatricalevents.

THE CAMBRIDGE
COMPANION TO
ENGLISH
RENAISSANCE DRAMA
EDITED BY
A. R. BRAUNMULLER
AND
MICHAEL HATTAWAY
SECOND EDITION
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CONTENTS
Listofplates pagevii
Listofcontributors ix
Prefacetofirstedition xi
Prefacetosecondedition xv
Anoteondates,references,andquotations xvi
Listofabbreviations xvii
1 Playhousesandplayers 1
r. a. foakes
2 Theartsofthedramatist 53
a. r. braunmuller
3 Dramaandsociety 93
michael hattaway
4 Privateandoccasionaldrama 131
martin butler
5 Politicaldrama 164
margot heinemann
6 Romanceandtheheroicplay 197
brian gibbons
7 Pastiche,burlesque,tragicomedy 228
lee bliss
8 Comedy 254
jill levenson
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contents
9 Tragedy 292
robert n. watson
10 Carolinedrama 344
james bulman
Biographiesandselectbibliography 372
Chronologicaltable 420
Indices 448
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PLATES
1 MapofLondon,c.1560–1640(basedonGlynneWickham,
EarlyEnglishStages1300–1660,vol.ii:1576–1660,part1
(London,1963) page4
2 ClaudedeJongh’ssketchofLondonBridge,1627
(GuildhallLibrary,CityofLondon.GodfreyNew
PhotographicsLtd) 7
3 ThefoundationsoftheRosetheatre,excavatedinMay1989
(PhotographbyAndrewFulgoni,courtesyoftheMuseum
ofLondon) 10
4 DeWitt’sdrawingoftheSwan(UniversityLibrary,Utrecht,
MS842,f.132r) 14
5 ‘Bill’forRichardVennar’sEngland’sJoy,1602
(Broadsideno.98inthecollectionoftheSocietyofAntiquaries
ofLondon) 15
6 Hollar’s‘LongViewofLondonfromBankside’,1647
(BritishLibrary) 22
7 RobertArmin,title-pageofTheTwoMaidsofMoreclack
(FolgerShakespeareLibrary) 29
8 Theplanandstagefac¸adeofthePhoenix(Cockpit)(Worcester
College,Oxford) 32,33
9 SketchofTarlton(BritishLibrary,HarleianMS3885) 39
10 JohnGreenasNobody(MS128Cistercienstift,Rein,
Austria) 43
11 Partofadramatic‘plot’(CourtesyoftheGovernorsof
DulwichCollege) 47
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list of plates
12 Askimmington(ReproducedfromW.ChappellandJ.W.
Ebsworth,eds.,TheRoxburghBallads,9vols.,1869–99,
vol.i,p.451) 110
13 PaulaDionisottiasalobotomizedShrew,Stratford-upon-Avon
1978(LawrenceBurnsPhotography) 116
14 TheimpresaportraitoftheEarlofCumberlandbyNicholas
Hilliard(NationalMaritimeMuseum,London) 139
15 DetailofthedomesticmasquefromtheportraitofSirHenry
Unton(NationalPortraitGallery,London) 140
16 InigoJones,sceneforOberon,1611 143
17 InigoJones,designsforanantimasque1624–5 146
18 InigoJones,PrinceHenryasOberon1611 149
19 JohnWebb,groundplanforDavenant’sSalmacidaSpolia,
1640(BritishLibrary,LansdowneMS1171,ff.3b–4) 152
20 Title-pagetoBenJonson’s1616Workes 237
21 The2002SwanTheatreproductionofTheMalcontent
(ShakespeareCentreLibrary/photographybyMalcolm
Davies) 238
22 Title-pageto1620editionofBeaumontandFletcher’s
Philaster(BritishLibrary) 242
23 BarryKyle’s1987RoyalShakespeareCompanyproduction
ofShirley’sHydePark,SwanTheatre(DonaldCooper
Photography) 347
24 JohnCaird’s1987RoyalShakespeareCompanyproductionof
Jonson’sTheNewInn,SwanTheatre(JoeCocksPhotography,
Stratford-upon-Avon) 365
Nos. 16–18 are in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth. Reproduced by
permissionoftheChatsworthSettlementTrustees.Printsbycourtesyofthe
CourtauldInstituteofArt.
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