| Description |
1 online resource (245 pages) |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Contemporaries.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
| Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Contemporaries
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136264320 |
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1136264329 |
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