Description
John Cox tells the intriguing story of stage devils from their earliest appearance in English plays to the closing of the theaters by parliamentary order in 1642. The book spans both medieval and Renaissance drama and includes the medieval Mystery cycles on the one hand, through to plays by Greene, Marlowe, Shakespeare (Henry VI Parts 1 and 2), Jonson, Middleton and Davenant.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
268 pages
Language
English
Published
Nov 2, 2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Editions
3 editions
ISBN-10
0521031184
ISBN-13
9780521031189