Richard Brome: Place and Politics on the Caroline Stage
Richard Brome was the leading comic playwright of 1630s London. Starting his career as a manservant to Ben Jonson, he wrote a string of highly successful comedies which were influential in British theatre long after Brome's own playwriting career was cut short by the closure of the theatres in 1642.This book offers the first full-length chronological account of Brome's life and works, drawing on a wide range of recently rediscovered manuscript sources. It traces the early hostility to Brome from those who wrote him off as a mere servant; his continuing struggles with plague closures, contract disputes and theatrical takeover bids; and his lit…
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Weitere Autoren: Edmondson, Paul (Hrsg.) / White, Martin (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-6358-9
- EAN: 9780719063589
- Produktnummer: 23322068
- Verlag: Manchester Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 232 S.
- Masse: H22.1 cm x B15.8 cm x D2.2 cm 340 g
- Gewicht: 340
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Matthew Steggle is Lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University
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