This book is a study of a group of plays (Neptune's Triumph, The
Life of the Duchess of Suffolk, The Bondman, The Sun's Darling, and
A Game at Chesse) which appeared during one theatrical season in
London in 1623 1624. These plays all allude in various ways to
contemporary political issues, and Dr Limon shows how it is
possible to treat them as components of a propaganda campaign
designed to promote the cause of a particular faction, led by
Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham, in the court of James I.
The campaign opposed James' peaceful initiatives, which included an
attempt to marry Charles to the Spanish Infanta. It was a period of
severe censorship, and the playwrights engaged in the campaign had
to be careful on the one hand to obtain the censor's licence (plays
were often suppressed as 'dangerous matter') and on the other to
convey appropriate political messages. The book demonstrates how
this was managed, and proceeds to investigate the relationship
between literature, politics and censorship in general.
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