The Stukeley Plays

'The Battle of Alcazar' by George Peele and 'The Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley
Herausgeber: Edelman, Charles

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Produktbeschreibung

Sir Thomas Stukeley, the notorious English courtier, pirate, adventurer and soldier, died at the Battle of Alcazar in Morocco in 1578, while serving in the army of King Sebastian of Portugal. This volume comprises the first modern-spelling, annotated edition of two plays in which he is a major character: George Peele's 'The Battle of Alcazar' (c.1588), and the anonymous 'Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley' (c.1596). In his extensive introduction and commentary, Charles Edelman discusses the plays' authorship, their many textual problems, and what they reveal about Elizabethan performance practices. He also challenges most of the traditional assumptions about them. This edition shows that both works, long held to be unperformable, are instead fascinating and worthwhile representatives of the most exciting age in the history of the theatre.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780719062346
• ISBN-10: 0719062349
• Artikelnr.: 21026804

Autorenporträt

Charles Edelman teaches Literature and Performance at Edith Cowan University, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

General editors' preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and references
Introduction Sir Thomas Stukeley 'The Battle of the Three Kings' 'The
Battle of Alcazar' Authorship and date Text The plot The play in
performance The date of the play Sources The play 'Mislike me not for my
complexion' 'The Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas
Stukeley Authorship Versification The play The African sequence and the
order of the final scenes Conclusion Notes to the introduction 'The Battle
of Alcazar' Editions and textual conventions List of characters The play
'The Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley
Editions, textual conventions List of characters The play Appendix I: 'The
Battle of Alcazar': Pisano, Jonas and Hercules Appendix II: 'The Battle of
Alcazar': The Irish Bishop Appendix III: 'Captain Thomas Stukeley':
Alternate scene 7