Overview
- Contains four plays which reflect the range and diversity of English Renaissance comic drama
Supplies comprehensive textual notes which establish the plays in their originating cultural and theatrical contexts and explain obscure references and allusions
Provides a useful general introduction which gives an overview of early modern comedy in the context of Renaissance comic theory and practice
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About this book
This edition of four Renaissance comedies represents the vitality, range and diversity of the English comic drama of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, reflecting both its capacity for escapist fantasy and its concern with the intrigues of everyday city life. Comprehensive textual notes establish the plays in their originating cultural and theatrical circumstances, as well as explaining obscure references and allusions. A general introduction provides a helpful overview of early modern comedy in the context of Renaissance comic theory and practice, together with an assessment of its continuing theatrical appeal.
About the authors
ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Professor of Theatre at the University of Surrey Roehampton.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Four Renaissance Comedies
Editors: Robert Shaughnessy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-3886-2
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 344
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave