Lost Plays of Shakespeare's Age
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2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-00243-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-00243-1 (ISBN)
Sisson was the first to uncover detailed information in Star Chamber records of early modern plays, jigs, May games and libels that came to the attention of the courts. In this book he gathers and analyses the surviving evidence of several such lost entertainments.
C. J. Sisson (1885–1966) was Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature in the University of London. His main research interest was Shakespeare, but in this study, first published in 1936, he explores what legal records can tell us about lost early modern plays and entertainments. The Court of Star Chamber prosecuted a number of offences against moral order and frequently took action against the dramatic representation of sedition and libel. Its records often provide the only evidence of Tudor plays and entertainments never printed and lost in manuscript. Sisson explores several cases in detail, identifying the people who filed complaints against libel as well as exploring all possible evidence about what the plays contained. Sisson's study remains of value as the first to uncover archival information about lost works of Chapman, Dekker, Ford and Webster as well as anonymous jigs, verse satires and libels.
C. J. Sisson (1885–1966) was Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature in the University of London. His main research interest was Shakespeare, but in this study, first published in 1936, he explores what legal records can tell us about lost early modern plays and entertainments. The Court of Star Chamber prosecuted a number of offences against moral order and frequently took action against the dramatic representation of sedition and libel. Its records often provide the only evidence of Tudor plays and entertainments never printed and lost in manuscript. Sisson explores several cases in detail, identifying the people who filed complaints against libel as well as exploring all possible evidence about what the plays contained. Sisson's study remains of value as the first to uncover archival information about lost works of Chapman, Dekker, Ford and Webster as well as anonymous jigs, verse satires and libels.
Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Plays from the London stage; 3. The jig; 4. The May Game; 5. The libel proper; Appendices; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.7.2009 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama |
Zusatzinfo | 4 Line drawings, black and white |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 330 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-108-00243-9 / 1108002439 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-00243-1 / 9781108002431 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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