Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists

Name: Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists
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ISBN: 9780521128742

ISBN-10: 0521128749

ISBN-13: 9780521128742

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ton Hoenselaars

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While Shakespeare's popularity has continued to grow, so has the attention paid to the work of his contemporaries. The contributors to this Companion introduce the distinctive drama of these playwrights, from the court comedies of John Lyly to the works of Richard Brome in the Caroline era. With chapters on a wide range of familiar and lesser-known dramatists, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford, this book devotes particular attention to their personal and professional relationships, occupational rivalries and collaborations. Overturning the popular misconception that Shakespeare wrote in isolation, it offers a new perspective…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 323
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




John Lyly and the university wits




Thomas Kyd and the Elizabethan blockbuster: The Spanish Tragedy




'The words of mercury': Shakespeare and Marlowe




The dyer's hand: Shakespeare and Jonson




Urbane John Marston: obscenity, playfulness, co-operation




Thomas Dekker and the emergence of city comedy




Shakespeare: colleagues, collaborators, co-authors




Thomas Heywood: dramatist of London and playwright of the passions




George Chapman's learned drama




Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher's tragicomedy as musical melodrama




Thomas Middleton and the early modern theatre




John Webster: collaboration and solitude




John Ford: suffering and silence in Perkin Warbeck and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore




Philip Massinger: drama, reputation, and the dynamics of social history Rui




Richard Brome and the idea of a Caroline theatre




Troublesome histories: performance and early modern drama