Renaissance Drama
Subtitle: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments (Blackwell Anthologies)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 914
ISBN-13: 9781405119672
Subjects: Drama texts: 16th to 18th centuries; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600; Plays / Drama; Renaissance; Literary Criticism; Reference; Drama; Drama / British & Irish; ENGLISH DRAMA (COLLECTIONS)_EARLY MODERN AND ELIZABETHAN, 1500-1600; ENGLISH DRAMA_HISTORY AND CRITICISM_17TH CENTURY; RENAISSANCE_ENGLAND; Early modern and Elizabethan,; 17th century; England; English drama
First sentence: Thousands upon thousands attended the first Elizabethan performance - rich and poor, men, women, and children; nobility, courtiers, citizens, merchants, and masterless men - in a joyful, noisy crowd that would fill a Fortune, Rose, or Globe Theater several times over: Richard Mulcaster's account calls it "a stage wherein was shown the wonderful spectacle of a noble hearted princess toward her most loving people."