| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 267 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Raiding the nest: a company biography; CHAPTER 2 'Proper gallants wordes': comedy and the theatre audience; CHAPTER 3 'Grief, and joy, so suddenly commixt': company politics and the development of tragicomedy; CHAPTER 4 'Ieronimo in Decimo sexto': tragedy and the text; Conclusion; Appendix A: The Chapel/Queen's Revels repertory?(Summary); Appendix B: The Chapel/Queen's Revels repertory (Data and analysis); Appendix C: Biographical summary; Appendix D: Actor lists |
| Summary |
Combining theatre history and critical analysis, this is the first book-length study of the Children of the Queen's Revels, the most enduring and influential of the Jacobean children's companies. It provides extensive accounts of plays by Francis Beaumont, George Chapman, John Fletcher, John Marston and Thomas Middleton |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-252) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Children of the Queen's Revels (Theater company) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Children of the Queen's Revels (Theater company) fast |
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Children of the Queen's Revels gnd |
| Subject |
Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Theater
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511132689 |
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9780511132681 |
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051113214X |
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9780511132148 |
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9781281217929 |
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1281217921 |
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9786611217921 |
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6611217924 |
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0511132476 |
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1107151791 |
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9781107151796 |
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0511200676 |
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9780511132476 |
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0511132476 |
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0511301049 |
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9780511301049 |
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0511486065 |
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9780511486067 |
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9780521843560 |
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0521843561 |
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9781107402492 |
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1107402492 |
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