The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama [Hardcover]

For this second edition, all the essays have been revised and updated.This second edition of the Companion offers students up-to-date factual and interpretative material about the principal theatres, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580 1642. There are chapters on theatres, dramaturgy, the social, cultural and political conditions of the drama, on private and occasional drama, political plays, heroic plays, burlesque, comedy, tragedy, and drama produced during the reign of Charles I.All the essays have been revised and their references updated and the substantial biographical and bibliographical section has been expanded.This second edition of the Companion offers students up-to-date factual and interpretative material about the principal theatres, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580 1642. There are chapters on theatres, dramaturgy, the social, cultural and political conditions of the drama, on private and occasional drama, political plays, heroic plays, burlesque, comedy, tragedy, and drama produced during the reign of Charles I.All the essays have been revised and their references updated and the substantial biographical and bibliographical section has been expanded.This new edition of the Companion provides updated information about the principal theaters, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580-1642. Revised essays are included in chapters on theaters, dramaturgy, political plays, heroic plays, burlesque, comedy, tragedy, and drama produced during the reign of Charles I. Their references have been updated and the substantial biographical and bibliographical section has been expanded. First Edition Hb (1990): 0-521-34657-6 First Edition Pb (1990): 0-521-38662-4Preface; A note on dates, references and quotations; Abbreviations; 1. Playhouses and players R. A. Foakes; 2. The arts of the dramatist A. R. Braunmuller; 3. Drama and societylS9