Matthew Steggle

Richard Brome

Place and politics on the Caroline stage

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers a groudbreaking and authoritative account of the life and works of Richard Brome, the leading comic playwright of 1630s London - reconstructs the chronology of his career from manservant to successful professional dramatist and beyond, and discusses all his comedies, including the two best-known plays, 'A Jovial Crew' and 'The Antipodes'.

Produktdetails

• Revels Plays Companion Library
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 433g
• ISBN-13: 9780719063589
• ISBN-10: 0719063582
• Artikelnr.: 21788409

Autorenporträt

Matthew Steggle is Lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1. The experiences of a flunkey: c.1590
1632 2. Scenes for virtue and nobility: 1632
5 3. With his best art and industry: 1635
6 4. The hard sand and dangerous time: 1636
7 5. The players going to law with their poets: 1637
9 6. My most deserving friend: 1640
2 7. This cuckoo time: 1642
52 8. Reception: 1653
2003 Appendix
Richard Brome in legal records Bibliography Index