The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London, 1576–1649

by Edited by David L. Smith , Richard Strier , David Bevington

• ISBN13: 9780521526159
• ISBN10: 0521526159
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A collection of interdisciplinary essays on thetheatrical? in Renaissance London.

Table of Contents

Preface

List of contributors

List of illustrations

Introduction

1. John Stow's Survey of London Ian Archer and Lawrence Manley

2. Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Penry Williams and Louis A. Montrose

3. Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday Paul S. Seaver and David Bevington

4. John Marston's The Fawn Linda Levy Peck and Frank Whigham

5. Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair Patrick Collinson and Leah S. Marcus

6. Philip Massinger's A New Way to Pay Old Debts Keith Lindley and Martin Butler

7. The Root and Branch Petition and the Grand Remonstrance David L. Smith and Richard Strier

8. John Milton's Eikonoklastes Derek Hirst and Marshall Grossman.