Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre

by Bill Angus

Book Overview

Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare's contemporaries
Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures. Analysing both the nature of intelligence at the time and the metadrama that such characters generate, Angus highlights the significance of intrigue and corruption...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474432921
• ISBN13: 9781474432924
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"