Shakespeare’s Early History Plays: Politics at Play on the Elizabethan Stage

Watson, Donald

This study examines the early history plays - the first tetralogy and "King John" - as plays, not only by analyzing their theatrical dimensions but also be connecting their staging with the playhouse as a social institution and with the theatricality of Elizabethan culture in the 1590s.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1990-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349110377

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11035-3

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 177.0