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Informationen zum Autor Janet Clare is Lecturer in the Department of English, University College, Dublin Klappentext 'Drama of the English Republic' is the first modern collection of plays and entertainments which were originally published and performed when England was a nominally a republic or commonwealth. The five texts, three of which have been edited here for the first time, illustrate how the dramatists devised new aesthetics in response to the ideological concerns of the republic. Clare argues that theatre, forced into a novel position of opposition, did more than survive in reduced form. The theatrical organism adapted to contain folk celebrations, current events and pamphlets, as well as 'royalist' plays offering oblique critiques of Caroline policies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. General Introduction: Theatre and Cultural Revolution2. A note on Editorial ProcedureTHE TEXTS3. Introduction: The Tragedy of that Famous Roman Orator Marcus Tullius Cicero4. Anon., The Tragedy of tht Famous Roman Orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, edited with Llewelyn Morgan5. Introduction: Cupid and Death6. James Shirley, Cupid and Death7. Introduction: The Siege of Rhodes8. William Davenant, The Siege of Rhodes9. Introduction: The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru10. William Davenant: The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru11. Introduction: The History of Sir Francis Drake12. William Davenant, The History of Sir Francis DrakeAppendix 1, Song from the first entry of Cupid and DeathAppendix 2, Additional passages from the second edition of The Siege of Rhodes
