The Theatrical City by David L Smith

The Theatrical City by David L Smith

This collection of essays adopts a novel, interdisciplinary approach to a diverse group of texts composed in London during the Renaissance. Eight literary scholars and eight historians from two continents have been paired to write companion essays on each text. This original method opens up rich insights into London's social, political, and cultural life which would have eluded members of either discipline working in isolation. 'Theatrical' is taken to be a very flexible term, and is applied to the civic rituals and public spectacles of the capital (for example, the execution of King Charles I) as well as to the elite and popular theatre. The eight texts therefore include historical accounts, political documents and polemical works as well as plays.

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ISBN 13	9780521441261
ISBN 10	0521441269
Title	The Theatrical City
Author	David L Smith
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Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1995-06-29
Number of pages	304
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