304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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English Drama before Shakespeare surveys the range of dramatic activity in English up to 1590. The book challenges the traditional divisions between Medieval and Renaissance literature by showing that there was much continuity throughout this period, in spite of many innovations. The range of dramatic activity includes well-known features such as mystery cycles and the interludes, as well as... Read more
Series List Editors' Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. Historical Continuity and Development: The Scope of Drama, 1350-1590 2. Dramatic Practice, 1350-1590 Part One: The Medieval Drama: 3. Worship, Instruction and Entertainment Liturgical Drama 4. Texts and Mystery Plays and Moralities 5. Staging 6. Dramatic Values
Part Two: Humanism, Renaissance and Reformation 7. Education and Polemic Classical Comedy and Tragedy 8. Individual Dramatists up to 1555 9. Interludes 10. Other Dramatic Forms Part Three: Professional Theatre
11. Theatre and Companies The Context of the Professional Stage: James Burbage and John Lyly 12. Kyd and Marlowe 13. Greene, Peele and Other Popular Plays, 1580-95 14 Epilogue
Part Two: Humanism, Renaissance and Reformation 7. Education and Polemic Classical Comedy and Tragedy 8. Individual Dramatists up to 1555 9. Interludes 10. Other Dramatic Forms Part Three: Professional Theatre
11. Theatre and Companies The Context of the Professional Stage: James Burbage and John Lyly 12. Kyd and Marlowe 13. Greene, Peele and Other Popular Plays, 1580-95 14 Epilogue
Biography
Peter Happe
