A new companion to Renaissance drama

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Title:

Author:

Hopper, Thomas Warren, editor.

ISBN:

9781118823989

9781118824009

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 638 pages).

Series:

Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 98

Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 98.

General Note:

Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations x Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xviii Introduction 1 Arthur F. Kinney and Thomas Warren Hopper Part I Context 9 1 The Politics of Renaissance England 11 Norman Jones 2 Continental Influences 21 Lawrence F. Rhu 3 Medieval and Reformation Roots 35 Raphael Falco 4 Popular Culture and the Early Modern Stage 51 Sophie Chiari and Francois Laroque 5 Multiculturalism and Early Modern Drama 65 Scott Oldenburg 6 London and Westminster 75 Ian W. Archer 7 Travel and Trade 88 William H. Sherman 8 The Theater and the Early Modern Culture of Debt 98 Amanda Bailey 9 Vagrancy 112 William C. Carroll 10 Domestic Life 125 Martin Ingram 11 Religious Persuasions, c.1580-c.1620 143 Lori Anne Ferrell 12 Science, Natural Philosophy, and New Philosophy in Early Modern England 154 Barbara H. Traister 13 Magic and Witchcraft 170 Deborah Willis 14 Antitheatricality: The Theater as Scourge 182 Leah S. Marcus Part II Theater History 193 15 Performance: Audiences, Actors, Stage Business 195 S. P. Cerasano 16 Playhouses 211 David Kathman 17 Theatrical License and Censorship 225 Richard Dutton 18 Playing Companies and Repertory 239 Roslyn L. Knutson 19 Rehearsal and Acting Practice 250 Don Weingust 20 Boy Companies and Private Theaters 268 Michael Shapiro 21 Women's Involvement in Theatrical Production 282 Natasha Korda 22 "To travayle amongst our frendes": Touring 296 Peter H. Greenfield 23 Progresses and Court Entertainments 309 R. Malcolm Smuts 24 "What revels are in hand?" Performances in the Great Households 322 Suzanne Westfall 25 Civic Drama 337 Lawrence Manley Part III Genres 355 26 Masque 357 David Lindley 27 The History Play: Shakespeare and Beyond 371 Brian Walsh 28 Domestic Tragedy: Private Life on the Public Stage 388 Lena Cowen Orlin 29 Revenge Tragedy 403 Marissa Greenberg 30 Romance and Tragicomedy 417 Jane Hwang Degenhardt and Cyrus Mulready Part IV Critical Approaches 441 31 Sexuality and Queerness on the Early Modern Stage 443 Valerie Billing 32 Gendering the Stage 456 Alison Findlay 33 Race and Early Modern Drama 474 Mary Floyd?-Wilson 34 Staging Disability in Renaissance Drama 487 David Houston Wood 35 Space and Place 501 Adam Zucker 36 The Matter of Wit and the Early Modern Stage 513 Ian Munro 37 Materialisms 529 Elizabeth Williamson Part V Playwrights, Publishers, and Textual Studies 543 38 The Transmission of an English Renaissance Play?]Text 545 Grace Ioppolo 39 Publishers of Drama 560 Tara L. Lyons 40 Sidney, Cary, Cavendish: Playwrights of the Printed Page and a Future Stage 576 Lara Dodds and Margaret Ferguson 41 Nonprofessional Playwrights 598 Matteo Pangallo Index 612.

Contents:

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Context -- Chapter 1 The Politics of Renaissance England -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Continental Influences -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Medieval and Reformation Roots -- Liturgical Seeds -- After Morality -- Prejudice and Public Theater -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Popular Culture and the Early Modern Stage -- Print Culture: The Advent of Literacy -- Popular Taste, Commercial Habits -- A Theater for All: Mass Sociability -- Rowdy Playgoers -- Playwriting: Hits and Flops -- References -- Chapter 5 Multiculturalism and Early Modern Drama -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 6 London and Westminster -- Tensions and Conflict -- Rhetoric, Representation, and Reality -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 7 Travel and Trade -- Note -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 8 The Theater and the Early Modern Culture of Debt -- Early Modern Drama and Money -- Macroeconomics: The Early Modern English Credit Economy -- Microeconomics: The Early Modern English Culture of Trust -- An Early Modern Culture of Debt -- Early Modern Drama of Debt -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 9 Vagrancy -- Historical Contexts -- Representation -- Theater -- Future Developments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Domestic Life -- The Significance of "Family" in Early Modern England -- Household and Community -- Houses: Space, Fabric, and Furnishings -- Marriage Ages, Spousals, and Weddings -- Making Marriage: Lordship, Family, and Individual -- Separation and Divorce -- Marital Relations -- Adultery, Cuckoldry and "Riding Skimmington" -- Parents and Children -- Historiography and Sources -- References.

Chapter 11 Religious Persuasions, c.1580-c.1620 -- Faith by Statute -- Religious Temperaments -- Religious Reading -- Conclusion -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 12 Science, Natural Philosophy, and New Philosophy in Early Modern England -- Astronomy and Astrology -- Alchemy and Chemistry -- Medicine and Anatomy -- Mathematics -- References -- Chapter 13 Magic and Witchcraft -- Defining Witchcraft in Context -- Witchcraft Onstage -- Future Directions for Study -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 14 Antitheatricality: The Theater as Scourge -- Notes -- References -- Part II Theater History -- Chapter 15 Performance: Audiences, Actors, Stage Business -- Envisioning Early Performances and Audiences -- Actors and Oral/Aural Culture -- Acting Styles, Training, Rehearsal -- Celebrated Actors -- Clowns and Clowning -- Impersonating Women -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 16 Playhouses -- Introduction -- 1567 -- 1575-1578 -- 1587, 1594 -- 1598-1600 -- 1607, 1614 -- 1617, 1623, 1630 -- References -- Chapter 17 Theatrical License and Censorship -- Origins -- Competing Authorities -- Protector and Regulator -- The End of Elizabeth's Reign -- James I -- Caroline Anxieties -- Closing the Theaters -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 18 Playing Companies and Repertory -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 19 Rehearsal and Acting Practice -- Rehearsal -- Acting Practice -- Looking Backward, Playing Forward -- Performance -- Practice as Research -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20 Boy Companies and Private Theaters -- Grammar Schools -- Chorister Troupes (1) -- Chorister Troupes (2) -- Caroline Revivals -- Contemporary Revivals -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 21 Women's Involvement in Theatrical Production -- Notes -- References and Further Reading.

Chapter 22 "To travayle amongst our frendes": Touring -- The Purposes of Playing -- Repertory -- Company Size -- Playing Places and Conditions -- Itineraries -- The End of Traveling -- References -- Chapter 23 Progresses and Court Entertainments -- Space and Performance -- Times and Occasions -- Texts and Interpretations -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 24 "What revels are in hand?" Performances in the Great Households -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 25 Civic Drama -- City, Crown, and Royal Entry -- Time, Space, and Civic Ritual -- From Civic Ritual to Civic Drama -- The Lord Mayor's Show -- Notes -- References -- Part III Genres -- Chapter 26 Masque -- Conventions -- Critical History -- Various Perspectives -- The Masque in Performance -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 27 The History Play: Shakespeare and Beyond -- Toward a Definition of "History Play" -- Beginnings -- Reading Shakespeare -- History Plays and the Reformation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 28 Domestic Tragedy: Private Life on the Public Stage -- Defining a Genre -- Arden of Faversham -- Domestic as Radical -- Thomas Heywood -- Laughter, Tears, and Lived Experience -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 29 Revenge Tragedy -- Return with a Vengeance -- Choreographing Revenge -- Contagion and Cure -- Coming Back for More -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 30 Romance and Tragicomedy -- Classifying Shakespeare's "Late Plays" -- Romance on the Renaissance Stage -- Tragicomedy on the Renaissance Stage -- The Cultural and Political Work of Genre -- Popular Plays and Forgotten Histories -- Notes -- References -- Part IV Critical Approaches -- Chapter 31 Sexuality and Queerness on the Early Modern Stage -- Historicizing Homoerotic Desire -- Gender Fluidity and the Transvestite Theater.

Renaissance Homonormativity -- Further Directions in Renaissance Queer and Sexuality Studies -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 32 Gendering the Stage -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 33 Race and Early Modern Drama -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 34 Staging Disability in Renaissance Drama -- Theorizing Disability -- Disability and Theater -- Future Directions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 35 Space and Place -- Spatial Histories -- Urban Space and City Drama -- Present Space and the Digital Turn -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 36 The Matter of Wit and the Early Modern Stage -- Witty Underpinnings -- Wit in the World: Community and Commodity -- The Matter of Wit -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 37 Materialisms -- History of the Book -- Global Trade and Labor -- Religious Objects and Theatrical Trifles -- Cognition -- Phenomenology and Performance -- Notes -- References -- Part V Playwrights, Publishers, and Textual Studies -- Chapter 38 The Transmission of an English Renaissance Play-Text -- The Author and His Text -- The Acting Company and Their Text -- The Printer and His Text -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 39 Publishers of Drama -- What Is a Publisher? -- The Risk -- 1580s: Thomas Marsh -- 1590-1599: Thomas Creede and Cuthbert Burby -- 1600-1609: Waterson and Blount -- 1610 to 1619: Thomas Pavier -- 1620-1629: The Folio Syndicate, George Eld, and Nicholas Okes -- 1630s: William Cooke, Andrew Crooke, and Richard Meighen -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 40 Sidney, Cary, Cavendish: Playwrights of the Printed Page and a Future Stage -- Mary Sidney -- Elizabeth Cary -- Margaret Cavendish -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 41 Nonprofessional Playwrights -- References -- Index -- EULA.

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.

English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.

Renaissance -- England.

Théâtre anglais -- 17e siècle -- Histoire et critique.

Théâtre anglais -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique.

Renaissance -- Angleterre.

Renaissance

English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan

English drama