Queen Henrietta's Men and the Cockpit Repertory

Drama on the Drury Lane Stage, 1625-37

AvEleanor Collins

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This book offers the first extended study of Queen Henrietta’s Men, one of Caroline London’s most important professional playing companies. The drama that the company performed at the Cockpit between 1626 and 1636 includes many underexplored and neglected plays from the period alongside more celebrated works by dramatists including James Shirley and John Ford, and a number of Elizabethan and Jacobean revivals. This book explores the material and cultural conditions under which the company operated, and offers an account of the dynamics that held between new drama written for the company and the revivals staged alongside that fare. In doing so, this account illuminates the ways in which an appreciation of the work of Queen Henrietta’s Men can offer new perspectives on theatre history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-11-10
Mått:145 x 222 x 20 mm
Vikt:509 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Revels Plays Companion Library
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9780719090868

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Teater inom Kultur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Eleanor Collins is Acquisitions Editor in Literature at Oxford University Press, and Co-Ordinating Editor of The Malone Society.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPart I: Material and Cultural Circumstance1 The Company, the Theatre, and the Dramatists: Christopher Beeston and the formation of Queen Henrietta’s Men2 Queen Henrietta’s Men at Court: Performance and Patronage3 ‘An ould play revived at their house’: Theatrical taste and the cultural status of revivals in Caroline LondonPart II: The Repertory in Play4 Staging the Cockpit Repertory5 Thomas Heywood’s ‘Noyse and shows’: Reconciling the Red Bull fare6 James Shirley, Queen’s ManCodaAppendix A: The Repertory of Queen Henrietta’s MenAppendix B: Evidence for Specific Court Performances Given by Queen Henrietta’s MenBibliographyIndex