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Edward IV' was one of the most popular plays of the early modern period, making a vital contribution to the genres of both chronicle history and the newly emergent 'domestic' tragedy. It is a work rich with allusions to the political and cultural controversies of its time, and a drama which demonstrates a brilliant if unusual stagecraft.

Table of Contents

General Editors' preface
Acknowledgements
References and abbreviations
Introduction
The Players and their patron
The play on the early modern stage
The question of authorship
The Falconbridge rebellion
The Tanner of Tamworth
Essex
The opening of the Shores' story
The French expedition
The end of the Shores' story
The text(s)
The characters in the play, and notes on the characters
The First and Second Parts of King Edward IV
Textual notes
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719080647, 978-0719080647
      ISBN10: 0719080649

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Edward IV' was one of the most popular plays of the early modern period, making a vital contribution to the genres of both chronicle history and the newly emergent 'domestic' tragedy. It is a work rich with allusions to the political and cultural controversies of its time, and a drama which demonstrates a brilliant if unusual stagecraft.

      Table of Contents

      General Editors' preface
      Acknowledgements
      References and abbreviations
      Introduction
      The Players and their patron
      The play on the early modern stage
      The question of authorship
      The Falconbridge rebellion
      The Tanner of Tamworth
      Essex
      The opening of the Shores' story
      The French expedition
      The end of the Shores' story
      The text(s)
      The characters in the play, and notes on the characters
      The First and Second Parts of King Edward IV
      Textual notes
      Index

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