Theatre and Crisis 1632–1642 (Paperback)

List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Note on procedures; 1. Some contentions; 2. Drama and the Caroline crisis; 3. Court drama: the queen's circle 1632?37; 4. Lovers and tyrants: courtier plays 1637?42; 5. Puritanism and theatre; 6. The Caroline audience; 7. City comedies: courtiers and gentlemen; 8. The survival of the popular tradition; 9. Concepts of the country in the drama; 10. Some conclusions; Appendix I. Dramatic of semi-dramatic pamphlets 1641?42; Appendix II. Shakespeare's unprivileged playgoers 1576?1642; Notes; Index.