Drama by Period - Renaissance Books

New and Published Books

1. Requiem and an Epilogue

   Edited by Glynne Wickham

   This volume forms part of the 5 volume set Early English Stages 1300-1660. This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660....

   Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
2. Style For Actors 2nd Edition

   A Handbook for Moving Beyond Realism

   By Robert Barton

   "Style is a journey from tourist to native. It is living in the world of the play, not just visiting it." - from Chapter One Anyone who has ever struggled with capes, fans, swords, doublets and crinolines should make Style for Actors 2nd Edition their constant companion. Robert Barton has...

   Published September 3rd 2009 by Routledge
3. Shakespeare's Dramatic Heritage

   Collected Studies in Mediaeval, Tudor and Shakespearean Drama

   By Glynne Wickham

   Shakespeare's Dramatic Heritage shows that the drama of Elizabethan and Jacobean England is deeply indebted to the religious drama of the Middle Ages and represents a climax, in secular guise, to mediaeval experiment and achievement rather than a new beginning. This is fully examined in terms of...

   Published September 25th 2008 by Routledge
4. Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character

   By Karen Newman

   First published in 1985. In this revisionist history of comic characterization, Karen Newman argues that, contrary to received opinion, Shakespeare was not the first comic dramatist to create self-conscious characters who seem 'lifelike' or 'realistic'. His comic practice is firmly set within a...

   Published September 25th 2008 by Routledge
5. Part II - Early English Stages 1576-1600

   Edited by Glynne Wickham

   This volume forms part of the 5 volume set Early English Stages 1300-1660. This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660....

   Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
6. Plays and their Makers up to 1576

   Edited by Glynne Wickham

   This volume forms part of the 5 volume set Early English Stages 1300-1660. This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660....

   Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
7. Early English Stages

   Edited by Glynne Wickham

   Series: Routledge Library Editions

   This set not only reissues Volumes 1, 2 (part I and II) and 3, originally published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1958, 1963, 1972 and 1981, but also, for the first time, Volume 4 is being produced to complete this fascinating and valuable set.Early English Stages is a history of the development of...

   Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
8. Early English Stages 1300-1576

   Edited by Glynne Wickham

   This volume forms part of the 5 volume set Early English Stages 1300-1660. This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660....

   Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
9. Part I - Early English Stages 1576-1600

   Edited by Glynne Wickham

   This volume forms part of the 5 volume set Early English Stages 1300-1660. This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660....

   Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
10. Renaissance Drama in Action

    By Martin White

    Renaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging. Covering questions of contemporary playhouse design, verse and language, staging and rehearsal practices, and acting styles, Martin White relates the characteristics of Renaissance theatre to the...

    Published June 24th 1998 by Routledge