Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama: Text and Performance

by Jenny Stevens and Pamela Bickley

Where does Shakespeare fit into the drama of his day? Getting to know the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries offers an insight into Elizabethan and Jacobean preoccupations and the theatrical climate of the early modern period. This book provides an essential overview of some major dramatic works from their stage origins to today's screen productions.

Each chapter includes:

- a detailed analysis of a play by Shakespeare considered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472577140
• ISBN13: 9781472577146
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"