Shakespeare and the Admiral's Men
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Shakespeare and the Admiral's Men

Reading across Repertories on the London Stage, 1594–1600

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eBook - PDF

Shakespeare and the Admiral's Men

Reading across Repertories on the London Stage, 1594–1600

About this book

For most of the 1590s, the Admiral's Men were the main competitors of Shakespeare's company in the London theatres. Not only did they stage old plays by dramatists such as Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd: their playwrights invented the genres of humours comedy (with An Humorous Day's Mirth) and city comedy (with Englishmen for My Money), while other new plays such as A Knack to Know an Honest Man and The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon were important influences on Shakespeare. This is the first book to read the Admiral's repertory against Shakespeare's plays of the 1590s, showing both how Shakespeare drew on their innovations and how his plays influenced Admiral's dramatists in turn. Shedding new light on well-known plays and offering detailed analysis of less familiar ones, it offers a fresh perspective on the dramatic culture of the 1590s.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Note on Dating
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 ‘How might we make a famous comedie’: From A Knack to Know an Honest Man to The Merchant of Venice
  10. Chapter 2 ‘Hobgoblins abroad’: From Doctor Faustus to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  11. Chapter 3 ‘I speak of Africa and golden joys’: Henry IV and the Stukeley Plays
  12. Chapter 4 ‘Sundrie variable and pleasing humors’: New Comedies, 1597-98
  13. Chapter 5 ‘Nor pure religion by their lips profaned’: Oldcastle, Robin Hood and As You Like It
  14. Conclusion
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index