The Faber Pocket Guide to Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
The Faber Pocket Guide to Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
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Provides detailed information on thirty-four great Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Each chapter includes information on the play's source, the story, the author, the historical context, and the world of the play. Part of the "Faber Pocket Guide" series, this book is useful for students of Shakespeare.
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The Faber Pocket Guide to Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama by Simon Trussler
From Ben Jonson's The Alchemist to the anonymous A Yorkshire Tragedy, from Thomas Dekker's The Shoemakers' Holiday to John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. · This essential guide provides clear and lively information on 34 great Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. · Each chapter includes information on the play's source, the story, the author, the historical context and the world of the play, as well as a section on the playwright's craft and the play's performance history. · This book is for anyone wishing to understand this fascinating and fertile period in British drama, and will be invaluable for students of Shakespeare seeking a fuller understanding of the exciting theatrical times in which he wrote.
"'Simon Trussler is the very best of guides to the riches of early modern drama, telling us so much about the plays' contexts and their significance, their craft and their power, and reminding us just how exciting these plays are on stage' Professor Peter Holland"
Simon Trussler is co-editor of New Theatre Quarterly and author or editor of numerous books on drama and theatre, including Shakespearean Concepts (1989) and the award-winning Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre (1993). Formerly Reader in Drama in the University of London, he is now Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Rose Bruford College.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780571214891 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571214894 |
| Title | The Faber Pocket Guide to Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama |
| Author | Simon Trussler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2006-03-16 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |