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| Named Person: | Anthony Munday; Nathan Field; Thomas Heywood; Robert Armin |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nora Johnson |
| ISBN: | 0521824168 9780521824163 |
| OCLC Number: | 52058025 |
| Description: | x, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: playing author -- Publishing the fool: Robert Armin and the collective production of mirth -- Actor-playwright and the true poet: Nathan Field, Ben Jonson, and the prerogatives of the author -- Anthony Munday and the spectacle of martyrdom -- "Some zanie with his mimick action": Thomas Heywood and the staging of humanist authority -- Coda: the Shakespearean silence. |
| Responsibility: | Nora Johnson. |
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'... interesting and original ideas ... this book is a prodigious achievement. Meticulously edited and beautifully produced, with a multifaceted chronology as an appendix, its essays are for the most part marvels of compressed and incisive critical judgement.' Times Literary Supplement '... useful and stimulating study ... Johnson's work makes a crucial intervention in the debate concerning the nature of authorship and performance in early modern theatre.' Theatre Notebook Read more...
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- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
- Actors as artists -- England -- History -- 16th century.
- Munday, Anthony, -- 1553-1633 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Field, Nathan, -- 1587-1620? -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Heywood, Thomas, -- approximately 1574-1641 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Armin, Robert, -- active 1610 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Actors as artists -- England -- History -- 17th century.
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
- Playwriting -- History -- 16th century.
- Playwriting -- History -- 17th century.
- Théâtre anglais.
- Époque élisabéthaine (Angleterre, 1558-1603)
- Dramaturge.
- Comédien.
- 16e siècle.
- Dramatiker.
- Schauspieler.
- England.
