TY - BOOK AU - Bickley,Pamela AU - Stevens,Jennifer TI - Shakespeare and early modern drama: text and performance T2 - The Arden Shakespeare SN - 9781472577146 (hbk.) : U1 - 822.3'3 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - English drama KW - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 KW - History and criticism KW - Literature KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - 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 ER -