Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Cambridge Introductions to Literature
"Engaging and stimulating, this Introduction provides a fresh vista of the early modern theatrical landscape. Chapters are arranged according to key genres (tragedy, revenge, satire, history play, pastoral and city comedy), punctuated by a series of focused case studies on topics ranging from repertoire to performance style, political events to the physical body of the actor, and from plays in print to the space of the playhouse.
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Engaging and stimulating, this Introduction provides a fresh vista of the theatrical landscape in the early modern era. Through special focus on commercial playhouses and their repertoires, the book revisits familiar territory from different angles and opens up new areas of investigation alongside the canonical and the known.
