
Four Renaissance Comedies
Robert Shaughnessy(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 17. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-0-333-97366-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-97366-0 (9780333973660)
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Person
ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Professor of Theatre at the University of Surrey Roehampton.
Content
Acknowledgements General Introduction Note on the Texts The Old Wives Tale The Shoemaker's Holiday The Alchemist A New Way to Pay Old Debts Further Reading Index