Three Turk plays from early modern England
Subtitle: Selimus, A Christian turned Turk, and The renegado
By: edited by Daniel J. Vitkus.
Contributors: Vitkus, Daniel J.; Daborne, Robert, d. 1628.; Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Subjects: Selim I, Sultan of the Turks, 1470-1520 -- Drama.; Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592 -- Authorship.; English drama -- 17th century.; Christianity and other religions -- Islam -- Drama.; Muslim converts from Christianity -- Drama.; Islam -- Relations -- Christianity -- Drama.; Christian converts from Islam -- Drama.; Turkey -- History -- Selim I, 1512-1520 -- Drama.; Islamic countries -- Drama.; Tunis (Tunisia) -- Drama.
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: Selimus.
Description: "During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Ottoman empire posed a clear and present danger to Christian rule in Europe. While English commerce with the Mediterranean world expanded, Ottoman forces invaded Greece, Hungary, and Austria. At the same time, "Turkish" pirates and renegades from North Africa roamed the Atlantic and raided the coast of England. The threat was ideological as well: English sailors captured by Barbary pirates sometimes renounced their faith and converted to Islam.".

"Here, three important early modern "Turk" plays - Robert Greene's Selimus, Emperor of the Turks (1594); Robert Daborne's A Christian Turned Turk (1612); and Philip Massinger's The Renegado (1623) - are available for the first time. These texts represent Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. The plays are set in historical and cultural context by Daniel J.

Vitkus's clear and thoughtful introduction."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.