Lucy Munro is a lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at King’s College London, UK. She is the author of Children of the Queen’s Revels: A Jacobean Theatre Repertory and Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590-1674.

An outstanding account of the history of the company which actually helped to create Shakespeare … [the book’s] careful analysis of the available evidence as well as its broader commentary on the practices and decisions which sustained the company’s fortunes are to be applauded.

• Introduction: Playing the Court, 1604-5; Chapter 1: Actors and Roles; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1612-13;Chapter 2: Your Dear Delight: Shakespeare and the Merry Devil; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1622-5; Chapter 3: Richard II, Henry VIII and the Politics of Playing;Interlude: Playing the Court, 1633-4;Chapter 4: Othello and The Alchemist at Oxford and Beyond; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1636-7; Chapter 5: Pericles and Playgoing;Coda: Shakespeare and the King’s Men, 1642-1662; Select Bibliography;Notes;Index

Lucy Munro is a lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at King’s College London, UK. She is the author of Children of the Queen’s Revels: A Jacobean Theatre Repertory and Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590-1674.

An outstanding account of the history of the company which actually helped to create Shakespeare … [the book’s] careful analysis of the available evidence as well as its broader commentary on the practices and decisions which sustained the company’s fortunes are to be applauded.

• Introduction: Playing the Court, 1604-5; Chapter 1: Actors and Roles; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1612-13;Chapter 2: Your Dear Delight: Shakespeare and the Merry Devil; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1622-5; Chapter 3: Richard II, Henry VIII and the Politics of Playing;Interlude: Playing the Court, 1633-4;Chapter 4: Othello and The Alchemist at Oxford and Beyond; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1636-7; Chapter 5: Pericles and Playgoing;Coda: Shakespeare and the King’s Men, 1642-1662; Select Bibliography;Notes;Index

Lucy Munro is a lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at King’s College London, UK. She is the author of Children of the Queen’s Revels: A Jacobean Theatre Repertory and Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590-1674.

An outstanding account of the history of the company which actually helped to create Shakespeare … [the book’s] careful analysis of the available evidence as well as its broader commentary on the practices and decisions which sustained the company’s fortunes are to be applauded.

• Introduction: Playing the Court, 1604-5; Chapter 1: Actors and Roles; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1612-13;Chapter 2: Your Dear Delight: Shakespeare and the Merry Devil; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1622-5; Chapter 3: Richard II, Henry VIII and the Politics of Playing;Interlude: Playing the Court, 1633-4;Chapter 4: Othello and The Alchemist at Oxford and Beyond; Interlude: Playing the Court, 1636-7; Chapter 5: Pericles and Playgoing;Coda: Shakespeare and the King’s Men, 1642-1662; Select Bibliography;Notes;Index