Richard Brome - Place and Politics on the Caroline Stage

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Steggle is Lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University Klappentext Offers a groudbreaking and authoritative account of the life and works of Richard Brome, the leading comic playwright of 1630s London - reconstructs the chronology of his career from manservant to successful professional dramatist and beyond, and discusses all his comedies, including the two best-known plays, 'A Jovial Crew' and 'The Antipodes'. Zusammenfassung Offers a groudbreaking and authoritative account of the life and works of Richard Brome! the leading comic playwright of 1630s London - reconstructs the chronology of his career from manservant to successful professional dramatist and beyond! and discusses all his comedies! including the two best-known plays! 'A Jovial Crew' and 'The Antipodes'. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1. The experiences of a flunkey: c.1590-16322. Scenes for virtue and nobility: 1632-53. With his best art and industry: 1635-64. The hard sand and dangerous time: 1636-75. The players going to law with their poets: 1637-96. My most deserving friend: 1640-27. This cuckoo time: 1642-528. Reception: 1653-2003Appendix - Richard Brome in legal recordsBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Steggle, Steggle Matthew
• Assisted by: Paul Edmondson (Editor), Martin White (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2004
• EAN: 9780719063589
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6358-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Revels Plays Companion Library; Revels Plays Companion Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet