The Stukeley plays
Subtitle: The Battle of Alcazar by George Peele ; The famous history of the life and death of Captain Thomas Stukeley
By: edited by Charles Edelman
Contributors: Edelman, Charles; Peele, George, 1556-1596.
Series: The Revels plays companion library
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Stucley, Thomas, -- 1525?-1578 -- Drama; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Genres: Drama
Other titles: Battle of Alcazar; Famous history of the life and death of Captain Thomas Stukeley
Description: "Sir Thomas Stukeley, the notorious English courtier, pirate, adventurer and soldier, died at the Battle of Alcazar in Morocco in 1578, while serving in the army of King Sebastian of Portugal. This volume comprises the first modern-spelling, annotated edition of two plays in which he is a major character: George Peele's The Battle of Alcazar (c.1588) and the anonymous Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley (c.1596)." "In his extensive introduction and commentary, Charles Edelman discusses the plays' authorship, their many textual problems and what they reveal about Elizabethan performance practices. He also challenges most of the traditional assumptions about them. This edition shows that both works, long held to be unperformable, are instead fascinating and worthwhile representatives of the most exciting age in the history of the theatre."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical resources and index