Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Early modern literature in history |
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Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Contents |
Introduction "Nothing" Will Come of Nothing? Or, What Can We Learn from Plays that Don't Exist?; David McInnis and Matthew Steggle -- PART I: WHAT IS A LOST PLAY? -- 1. What's a Lost Play?: Toward a Taxonomy of Lost Plays; William Proctor Williams -- 2. Ur-Plays and other exercises in Making Stuff Up; Roslyn L. Knutson -- 3. What is Lost of Shakespearean Plays, Besides a Few Titles?; Andrew Gurr -- 4. Lost, or Rather Surviving as a Very Short Document; Matthew Steggle -- 5. Lumpers and Splitters; John H. Astington -- PART II: WORKING WITH LOST PLAYS -- 6.'2 Fortune's Tennis' and the Admiral's Men; David McInnis -- 7. Brute Parts: From Troy to Britain at the Rose, 1595-1600; Misha Teramura -- 8. The Admiral's Lost Arthurian Plays; Paul Whitfield White -- 9. Lost Plays and the Repertory of Lord Strange's Men; Lawrence Manley -- 10. Thomas Watson, Playwright: Origins of Modern English Drama; Michael J. Hirrel -- 11. Lost Stage Friars and their Narratives; Christopher Matusiak -- 12. Reimagining Gillian: "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and the Lost 'Friar Fox and Gillian of Brentford'; Christi Spain-Savage -- PART III: MOVING FORWARD -- 13. Where to Find Lost Plays; Martin Wiggins |
Summary |
"Lost plays are a source of significant information on playwrights, playing companies, audiences, and venues in Shakespeare's England. They include plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, and other canonical playwrights in addition to anonymous plays and the writings of lesser known writers. Details preserved depend upon the record, but may include title, date, authorship, company affiliation, plot, and even details of performance. This edited collection examines assumptions about what a lost play is and how it can be talked about; how lost plays can be reconstructed, particularly when they use narratives already familiar to playgoers; and how lost plays can force us to reassess extant plays, particularly through ideas of repertory studies. Lost plays, it argues, improve our knowledge of playwrights' and playing companies' overall dramatic output"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Contemporaries.
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SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
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Lost literature -- England
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Drama.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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Contemporaries
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English drama
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
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Lost literature
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England
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
McInnis, David, editor
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Steggle, Matthew, editor
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ISBN |
9781137403971 |
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1137403977 |
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9781137403964 |
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1137403969 |
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