Mastering the Revels: The Regulation and Censorship of English Renaissance DramaMastering the Revels offers a detailed reconsideration of the regulation of English Renaissance drama. It is the first study to approach the issue through the role of the Masters of the Revels, who censored most late Tudor and early Stuart plays, relating the control they exercised over the actors to the political context of the court office they themselves held. |
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... Salisbury as Lord Treasurer , 1 July 1611 ) , it was made retroactive to 1608 ( ' Buc ' , pp . 463-4 ) . But , as W. R. Streitberger suggests , ' his duties probably did not involve more than providing office space and lodging'.20 The ...
... Salisbury as Lord Treasurer , 1 July 1611 ) , it was made retroactive to 1608 ( ' Buc ' , pp . 463-4 ) . But , as W. R. Streitberger suggests , ' his duties probably did not involve more than providing office space and lodging'.20 The ...
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... Salisbury incurred for his handling of the Gunpowder Plot ( I. iii . 75–9 ) , but her strongest point must be the ... Salisbury more of a front - runner than Burns allows . If the actors made anything at all of the ' deformed ...
... Salisbury incurred for his handling of the Gunpowder Plot ( I. iii . 75–9 ) , but her strongest point must be the ... Salisbury more of a front - runner than Burns allows . If the actors made anything at all of the ' deformed ...
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... Salisbury may well have been a classic example of cross - reading - the ambassador only aware of the affront to French dignity while Salisbury , even from this report , would instantly have spotted new allusions to matters closer to ...
... Salisbury may well have been a classic example of cross - reading - the ambassador only aware of the affront to French dignity while Salisbury , even from this report , would instantly have spotted new allusions to matters closer to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Tilney Patronage and Profit 157989 | 41 |
Martin Marprelate Sir Thomas More Marlowe c 158993 74 | 93 |
Copyright | |
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