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London in Early Modern English Drama D. Grantley

London in Early Modern English Drama By D. Grantley

London in Early Modern English Drama by D. Grantley


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This book explores the changing representation on the early modern stage of the built environment of London. It covers a period in which the city underwent rapid growth to become the country's first metropolis, and it examines how the urban environment becomes part of the frame of reference of the drama that is set there.

London in Early Modern English Drama Summary

London in Early Modern English Drama: Representing the Built Environment by D. Grantley

This book explores the changing representation on the early modern stage of the built environment of London. It covers a period in which the city underwent rapid growth to become the country's first metropolis, and it examines how the urban environment becomes part of the frame of reference of the drama that is set there.

London in Early Modern English Drama Reviews

'The chief virtue of the work is the encyclopaedic knowledge of drama that the author brings to his study. Readers unfamiliar with the range of dramatic works that utilise or refer to the city in some way will encounter references to some new materials between these pages.' - Andrew Gordon, The Review of English Studies

About D. Grantley

DARRYLL GRANTLEY teaches in the School of Drama, Film and Visual Arts at the University of Kent, UK, with research interests that extend across both the late medieval and early modern periods. He has written and edited several books with a particular focus on theatre in social and cultural history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Map of Early Modern London Introduction The Pre-Commercial Theatre Interlude Drama Late Elizabethan Drama Jacobean Drama Caroline Drama Conclusion Bibliography Index

Additional information

NPB9780230554290
9780230554290
0230554296
London in Early Modern English Drama: Representing the Built Environment by D. Grantley
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2008-04-04
231
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