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almahu_9947363458902882
Format:
312 p. :
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2 b&w, ill.
ISBN:
9781137403971 :
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1137403977 :
Series Statement:
Early modern literature in history
Content:
Lost Plays in Shakespeare's England examines assumptions about what a lost play is and how it can be talked about; how lost plays can be reconstructed, particularly when they use narratives already familiar to playgoers; and how lost plays can force us to reassess extant plays, particularly through ideas of repertory studies.
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Electronic book text.
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Epublication based on: 9781137403964.
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Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors A Note on Convention Introduction Nothing Will Come of Nothing? Or, What Can We Learn from Plays that Don't Exist?-- David McInnis and Matthew Steggle PART I: WHAT IS A LOST PLAY? 1. What's a Lost Play?: Toward a Taxonomy of Lost Plays-- William Proctor Williams 2. Ur-Plays and other exercises in Making Stuff Up-- Roslyn L. Knutson 3. What is Lost of Shakespearean Plays, Besides a Few Titles?-- Andrew Gurr 4. Lost, or Rather Surviving as a Very Short Document-- Matthew Steggle 5. Lumpers and Splitters-- John H. Astington PART II: WORKING WITH LOST PLAYS 6. '2 Fortune's Tennis' and the Admiral's Men-- David McInnis 7. Brute Parts: From Troy to Britain at the Rose, 1595-1600-- Misha Teramura 8. The Admiral's Lost Arthurian Plays-- Paul Whitfield White 9. Lost Plays and the Repertory of Lord Strange's Men-- Lawrence Manley 10. Thomas Watson, Playwright: Origins of Modern English Drama-- Michael J. Hirrel 11. Lost Stage Friars and their Narratives-- Christopher Matusiak 12. Reimagining Gillian: The Merry Wives of Windsor and the Lost 'Friar Fox and Gillian of Brentford'-- Christi Spain-Savage PART III: MOVING FORWARD 13. Where to Find Lost Plays-- Martin Wiggins Bibliography Index.
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Language:
English
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