1st Edition
Thomas Middleton’s Theatre of War The King’s Men and Political Performance in the Public Sphere, 1620-1624
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
Preface and acknowledgements
Notes on text and dating
Introduction: Middleton and the Court of Public Opinion
1. Apocalypse Now: Hengist, King of Kent and the Matter of Britain
2. Conscience, Corruption, and Confessional Conflict: Women Beware Women and More Dissemblers Besides Women in 1621
3. Printed News and the Propagandistic Citizen: Reviving Measure for Measure
4. Quarrels, at Home and Abroad: All’s Well That Ends Well and Questions of Adaptation
5. Making Dark the Land: The Racial Undertones of A Game at Chess
Conclusion: Middleton’s Theatrical Publics
Works Cited
Biography
William David Green is a historian focused on the intersection between drama and the experience of public life in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He received his PhD from the Shakespeare Institute in 2021 and has held positions at the universities of Birmingham, Warwick, and Nottingham. His public history work has involved appearances with the Beyond Shakespeare Company and writing for History Today, and he most recently served as historical adviser at Shakespeare’s Schoolroom & Guildhall in Stratford-upon-Avon. His first book, The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, co-edited with Anna L. Hegland and Sam Jermy, was published by Routledge in 2024.
