Twenty-six original essays by leading theorists and historians of the pre-seventeenth-century English stage chart a paradigmatic shift within the field. In cont

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Each of these essays addresses not only a play, but a specific cultural or literary topic. They cover vital perspectives in cultural studies such as race, class

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This collection examines some of the people, places, and plays at the edge of early modern English drama. Recent scholarship has begun to think more critically