This book redefines the plays and theatrical culture of the years 1625 to 1642 as something more than simply post-Shakespearean in character. Scholars reveal the drama's mixture of political engagement, urbane cosmopolitanism, and commercial ingenuity. They urge us to recalibrate our histories to account for the innovations of the Caroline period.

Autorentext
ADAM ZUCKER is Assistant Professor of Early Modern literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has published on Ben Jonson and on the Caroline playwrights Richard Brome and Thomas Nabbes.

ALAN B. FARMER is Assistant Professor of English at The Ohio State University. He has published on printed drama in early modern England, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and the Caroline news trade.

Inhalt
Foreword; R. Malcolm Smuts Introduction; A. Zucker and A. B. Farmer Canons and Classics: Publishing Drama in Caroline England; A. B. Farmer and Z. Lesser Politics and Aesthetic Pleasure in 1630s Theater; K. E. McLuskie Reading Triumphs: Localizing Caroline Masques; L. Shohet Exeunt Fighting: Poets, Players, and Impresarios at the Caroline Hall Theaters; M. Butler The St. Werburgh Street Theater, Dublin; R. Dutton A Beast So Blurred: The Monstrous Favorite in Caroline Drama; M. DiGangi Dancing Masters and the Production of Cosmopolitan Bodies in Caroline Town Comedy; J. E. Howard The 'Turks', Caroline Politics, and Philip Massinger's The Renegado; B. S. Robinson