Description
Book SynopsisPresents a commentary on "Love's Sacrifice". This book includes a survey of critical responses, an overview of the play, stage history, and a bibliography of relevant secondary material. It is of use to students of Early Modern drama to specialists in the field.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Ford's early career and the date of Love's Sacrifice; 2. Early performances; I. The Phoenix theatre; II. The Phoenix audiences; III. Queen Henrietta's Men; IV. A Resoration production?; 3. Sources; 4. The play; 5. Responses; 6. Twentieth-century productions; 7. Conclusion; Select bibliography; Love's Sacrifice; 1. The text; a) The 1633 Quarto; b) Other editions; c) The edition; d) The 1633 Quarto: press-corrections and extant copies; 2. The Indigo Jones drawings and the Phoenix Theatre; 3. The Gesualdo story and the Corona Manuscript; 4. Love's Sacrifice and Mirandola; Glossarial index to the commentary.
