A Companion to Renaissance Drama

List of Illustrations xi Notes on Contributors xii Acknowledgments xviii Introduction: The Dramatic World of the Renaissance 1 Arthur F. Kinney PART ONE The Drama's World 11 1 The Politics of Renaissance England 13 Norman Jones 2 Political Thought and the Theater, 1580-1630 25 Annabel Patterson 3 Religious Persuasions, c.1580-c.1620 40 Lori Anne Ferrell 4 Social Discourse and the Changing Economy 50 Lee Beier 5 London and Westminster 68 Ian W. Archer 6 Vagrancy 83 William C. Carroll 7 Family and Household 93 Martin Ingram 8 Travel and Trade 109 William H. Sherman 9 Everyday Custom and Popular Culture 121 Michael Bristol 10 Magic and Witchcraft 135 Deborah Willis PART TWO The World of Drama 145 11 Playhouses 147 Herbert Berry 12 The Transmission of an English Renaissance Play-Text163 Grace Ioppolo 13 Playing Companies and Repertory 180 Roslyn L. Knutson 14 Must the Devil Appear?: Audiences, Actors, Stage Business193 S. P. Cerasano 15 "The Actors are Come Hither": Traveling Companies212 Peter H. Greenfield 16 Jurisdiction of Theater and Censorship 223 Richard Dutton PART THREE Kinds of Drama 237 17 Medieval and Reformation Roots 239 Raphael Falco 18 The Academic Drama 257 Robert S. Knapp 19 "What Revels are in Hand?": Performances in theGreat Households 266 Suzanne Westfall 20 Progresses and Court Entertainments 281 R. Malcolm Smuts 21 Civic Drama 294 Lawrence Manley 22 Boy Companies and Private Theaters 314 Michael Shapiro 23 Revenge Tragedy 326 Eugene D. Hill 24 Staging the Malcontent in Early Modern England 336 Mark Thornton Burnett 25 City Comedy 353 John A. Twyning 26 Domestic Tragedy: Private Life on the Public Stage 367 Lena Cowen Orlin 27 Romance and Tragicomedy 384 Maurice Hunt 28 Gendering the Stage 399 Alison Findlay 29 Closet Drama Marta Straznicky 416 PART FOUR Dramatists 431 30 Continental Influences 433 Lawrence F. Rhu 31 Christopher Marlowe 446 Emily C. Bartels 32 Ben Jonson 464 W. David Kay 33 Sidney, Cary, Wroth 482 Margaret Ferguson 34 Thomas Middleton 507 John Jowett 35 Beaumont and Fletcher 524 Lee Bliss 36 Collaboration 540 Philip C. McGuire 37 John Webster 553 Elli Abraham Shellist 38 John Ford 567 Mario DiGangi Index 584