Shakespeare and early modern drama : text and performance /

Bickley, Pamela,

Shakespeare and early modern drama : text and performance / Pamela Bickley and Jenny Stevens. - xiv, 338 pages ; 21 cm. - The Arden Shakespeare . - Arden Shakespeare. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Where does Shakespeare fit into the drama of his day? Getting to know the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries offers an insight into Elizabethan and Jacobean preoccupations and the theatrical climate of the early modern period. This book provides an essential overview of some major dramatic works from their stage origins to today's screen productions. Each chapter includes:. a detailed analysis of a play by Shakespeare considered alongside a key work by one other significant playwright of the day.

Specialized.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.


English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
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