The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary DramatistsA. J. Hoenselaars 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 on the most impressive body of drama in the history of the English stage. |
Contents
George Peele Robert Greene | 1 |
The Spanish Tragedy | 19 |
Shakespeare and Marlowe | 34 |
Shakespeare and Jonson | 54 |
obscenity playfulness cooperation | 70 |
Thomas Dekker and the emergence of city comedy | 83 |
colleagues collaborators coauthors | 97 |
of the passions | 120 |
Thomas Middleton and the early modern theatre | 165 |
collaboration and solitude | 181 |
suffering and silence in Perkin Warbece and Tis Pity | 197 |
drama reputation and the dynamics | 212 |
I5 Richard Brome and the idea of a Caroline theatre | 226 |
performance and early modern drama | 244 |
Select bibliography | 269 |
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