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For many years Middleton''s A Game at Chess was more notorious than read, considered rather a phenomenon of theatrical history than a pre-eminent piece of dramatic writing. A Game at Chess was a nine days'' wonder, an exceptional play of King James'' reign on account of its unprecedented representation of matters of state usually forbidden on the stage. The King''s Men performed the play uninterruptedly between 5th and 14th August, 1624 at their Globe Theatre, attracting large audiences, before the Privy Council closed the theatre by the King''s command. More recently, growing interest in the connections of economics and politics with authorship have promoted readings that locate the play so firmly within its historical context as propaganda that, again, its worthwhile literary and theatrical qualities are neglected. In writing A Game at Chess, Middleton employed the devices of the neoclassical comedy of intrigue within the matrix of the traditional oral play. What might have seemed ol

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Documentary foundations; the occasion of the play; composition, sources and revision; the play; the textual situation and the present text; "A Game at Chess".

A Game at Chess

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 2/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780719016349
      978-0719016349
      ISBN-10 0719016347
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      Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      For many years Middleton''s A Game at Chess was more notorious than read, considered rather a phenomenon of theatrical history than a pre-eminent piece of dramatic writing. A Game at Chess was a nine days'' wonder, an exceptional play of King James'' reign on account of its unprecedented representation of matters of state usually forbidden on the stage. The King''s Men performed the play uninterruptedly between 5th and 14th August, 1624 at their Globe Theatre, attracting large audiences, before the Privy Council closed the theatre by the King''s command. More recently, growing interest in the connections of economics and politics with authorship have promoted readings that locate the play so firmly within its historical context as propaganda that, again, its worthwhile literary and theatrical qualities are neglected. In writing A Game at Chess, Middleton employed the devices of the neoclassical comedy of intrigue within the matrix of the traditional oral play. What might have seemed ol

      Table of Contents
      Documentary foundations; the occasion of the play; composition, sources and revision; the play; the textual situation and the present text; "A Game at Chess".

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