Lost plays in Shakespeare's England / edited by David McInnis, University of Melbourne, Australia and Matthew Steggle, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Machine generated contents note: -- AcknowledgementsNotes on the ContributorsA Note on ConventionIntroduction Nothing Will Come of Nothing? Or, What Can We Learn from Plays that Don't Exist?; David McInnis and Matthew Steggle PART I: WHAT IS A LOST PLAY?1.What's a Lost Play?: Toward a Taxonomy of Lost Plays; William Proctor Williams2.Ur-Plays and other exercises in Making Stuff Up; Roslyn L. Knutson3.What is Lost of Shakespearean Plays, Besides a Few Titles?; Andrew Gurr4.Lost, or Rather Surviving as a Very Short Document; Matthew Steggle5.Lumpers and Splitters; John H. AstingtonPART II: WORKING WITH LOST PLAYS 6.'2 Fortune's Tennis' and the Admiral's Men; David McInnis7.Brute Parts: From Troy to Britain at the Rose, 1595-1600; Misha Teramura8.The Admiral's Lost Arthurian Plays; Paul Whitfield White9.Lost Plays and the Repertory of Lord Strange's Men; Lawrence Manley10.Thomas Watson, Playwright: Origins of Modern English Drama; Michael J. Hirrel11.Lost Stage Friars and their Narratives; Christopher Matusiak12.Reimagining Gillian: The Merry Wives of Windsor and the Lost 'Friar Fox and Gillian of Brentford'; Christi Spain-SavagePART III: MOVING FORWARD13.Where to Find Lost Plays; Martin WigginsBibliographyIndex.
Summary:
"Lost plays are a source of significant information on playwrights, playing companies, audiences, and venues in Shakespeare's England. They include plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, and other canonical playwrights in addition to anonymous plays and the writings of lesser known writers. Details preserved depend upon the record, but may include title, date, authorship, company affiliation, plot, and even details of performance. This edited collection examines assumptions about what a lost play is and how it can be talked about; how lost plays can be reconstructed, particularly when they use narratives already familiar to playgoers; and how lost plays can force us to reassess extant plays, particularly through ideas of repertory studies. Lost plays, it argues, improve our knowledge of playwrights' and playing companies' overall dramatic output"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.