Five Elizabethan Progress Entertainments

A fully annotated, modern-spelling edition of entertainments performed for the monarch during her summer progress, the collection affords an insight into a neglected area of Elizabethan cultural activity.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION: THE ROYAL PROGRESS

THE ENTERTAINMENT AT COWDRAY
Introduction
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THE ENTERTAINMENT AT ELVETHAM
Introduction
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THE ENTERTAINMENT AT BISHAM
Introduction
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THE ENTERTAINMENT AT MITCHAM
Introduction
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Appendix


THE ENTERTAINMENT AT CHISWICK
Introduction
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INDEX

About the author

Leah Scragg is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Manchester

Summary

A fully annotated, modern-spelling edition of entertainments performed for the monarch during her summer progress, the collection affords an insight into a neglected area of Elizabethan cultural activity. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Leah Scragg, Scragg Leah
• Assisted by: Leah Scragg (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781526109477
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0947-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Revels Plays Companion Library; Revels Plays Companion Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, English, Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Anthologies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600