The Cambridge Introduction to Early Modern Drama, 1576–1642 (Paperback)

Preface. An outline of approaches taken; Introduction: brick, lime, sand, plaster over lath, and 'new oaken boards': the early modern playhouse; Case study A. Richard III at the Globe; Case study B. An outdoor theatre repertoire: the Rose on Bankside; 1. Tragedy; Case study C. Opening scenes; Case study D. Staging violence and the space of the stage; 2. Revenge drama; Case study E. 'Here in the friars': the second Blackfriars indoor playhouse; Case study F. The social life of things: skulls on the stage; 3. Histories; Case study G. Title pages and plays in print; 4. Comedy, pastoral and romantic; Case study H. The boy actor: body, costume, and disguise; 5. City comedies; Case study I. The dramaturgy of scenes; Case study J. Collaborative writing or the literary workshop; 6. Satire; Case study K. Topical theatre and 1605?6; Case study L. 'Little eyases': the children's companies and repertoire; 7. Tragicomedy; Case study M. The visual rhetoric of dumb show; Conclusion. The wind and the rain: the wider landscape of early modern performance; Chronology; Bibliography.