Richard Brome: Place And Politics On The Caroline Stage - Rilegato

Steggle, Matthew

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ISBN 10: 0719063582 ISBN 13: 9780719063589

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2004

Riassunto

Richard Brome was the leading comic playwright of 1630s London. Starting his career as a manservant to Ben Jonson, he wrote a string of highly successful comedies which were influential in British theatre long after Brome's own playwriting career was cut short by the closure of the theatres in 1642.This book offers the first full-length chronological account of Brome's life and works, drawing on a wide range of recently rediscovered manuscript sources. It traces the early hostility to Brome from those who wrote him off as a mere servant; his continuing struggles with plague closures, contract disputes and theatrical takeover bids; and his literary relationships with Jonson, Shakespeare and others. Each of the surviving plays is discussed in relation to its social and political context, and its sense of place. A final chapter reviews Brome's enduring stageworthiness into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the most recent Brome revivals.

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Recensione:

Steggle's study is a welcome overview a reliable guide to Brome's works and career. Paulina Kewes, Jesus College Oxford --Paulina Kewes, Jesus College Oxford

The first book on Brome inmore than twenty years, Steggle's study benefits from an abundance of new evidence that has come to light during that period, and it also benefits from Steggle's investigative skills, clear writing and good sense. This is a very solid addition to the very short shelf of books on Brome; certainly it is the book to which any serious student of the playwright will want to turn first. Handsomely produced and expertly edited. Ben Jonson Journal --Ben Jonson Journal

L'autore:

Matthew Steggle is Lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University

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• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0719063582
• ISBN 13: 9780719063589
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 222