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Examines an anonymous manuscript play that has long been the subject of scholarly dispute regarding its relationship with Shakespeare's "Richard II". This title situates the play within its historical and political context, relating it to the genre of chronicle drama to which it belongs.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The manuscript
2. Title
3. Authorship
4. Date and literary influences
5. The Play's sources and their treatment
6. The reign of Richard II and the 1590s
7. Censorship of the manuscript
8. The play
9. The ending
10. Stage history
11. This edition
Thomas of Woodstock
Apendices
a. Grafton
b. Holinshed
c. Stowe
d. Marginal interventions in the manuscript
e. Casting and doubling for performance
Index

Thomas of Woodstock Revels Plays The Revels Plays

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719080678, 978-0719080678
      ISBN10: 0719080673

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines an anonymous manuscript play that has long been the subject of scholarly dispute regarding its relationship with Shakespeare's "Richard II". This title situates the play within its historical and political context, relating it to the genre of chronicle drama to which it belongs.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. The manuscript
      2. Title
      3. Authorship
      4. Date and literary influences
      5. The Play's sources and their treatment
      6. The reign of Richard II and the 1590s
      7. Censorship of the manuscript
      8. The play
      9. The ending
      10. Stage history
      11. This edition
      Thomas of Woodstock
      Apendices
      a. Grafton
      b. Holinshed
      c. Stowe
      d. Marginal interventions in the manuscript
      e. Casting and doubling for performance
      Index

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