Immigrants from the Low Countries constituted the largest
population of resident aliens in early modern England. Possessing
superior technology in a number of fields and enjoying governmental
protection, the Flemish were charged by many native artisans with
unfair economic competition. With xenophobic sentiments running so
high that riots and disorders occurred throughout the sixteenth
century, Elizabeth I directed her dramatic censor to suppress
material that might incite further disorder, forcing playwrights to
develop strategies to address the alien problem indirectly.
Representations of Flemish Immigrants on the Early Modern Stage
describes the immigrant community during this period and explores
the consistently negative representations of Flemish immigrants in
Tudor interludes, the impact of censorship, the playwrighting
strategies that eluded it, and the continuation of these methods
until the closing of the theatres in 1642.
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