Shakespeare in Company

by Bart van Es

This book is about two very different kinds of company. On the one hand it concerns Shakespeare's poet-playwright contemporaries, such as Marlowe, Jonson, and Fletcher. On the other, it examines the contribution of his fellow actors, including Burbage, Armin, and Kemp. Traditionally, criticism has treated these two influences in separation, so that Shakespeare is considered either in relation to educated Renaissance culture, or as a man of the theatre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198728085
• ISBN13: 9780198728085
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"