Richard Brome - Place and Politics on the Caroline Stage (Hardcover, New)

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. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Revels Plays Companion Library
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Matthew Steggle
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-6358-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
LSN:	0-7190-6358-2
Barcode:	9780719063589

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