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A biographical chronicle of the English drama, 1559-1642 (Volume I)

A biographical chronicle of the English drama, 1559-1642 (Volume I)

Gard Fleay, Frederick

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Historical FiguresGeneral World HistoryPlays

ISBN10: 9353801443
ISBN13: 9789353801441
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 398
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.89 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before Shakespeare became a monument, he was a working playwright in a crowded, noisy profession. This chronicle brings that world back into focus. Names, dates, stages, and rivalries. Volume I opens the record at the start of professional drama. Frederick Gard Fleay's A biographical chronicle of the English drama, 1559-1642 (Volume I) is a theatre history chronicle built from lives, companies, venues, and the shifting politics of performance. Part english drama reference book, part literary biography handbook, it threads together elizabethan playwright biographies and jacobean stage history to show how renaissance english drama evolved across Tudor and Stuart decades. Follow the rise of playhouses and patrons, the movement of actors, and the pressures of censorship and plague on Tudor England theatre and the early modern London stages. For readers pursuing Shakespeare and contemporaries, it serves as a steady Shakespeare studies research guide and theatre scholarship reference, pointing to the networks that shaped repertories and reputations, with pointed notes that still spark debate in ben jonson criticism. First published in the great age of nineteenth-century study, it remains a touchstone for theatre historians and classic-literature collectors who value sources with a clear point of view. Ideal for browsing, citation checks, and building a reading list, it connects plays to people without losing the period's urgency on stage. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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