Nora Johnson's study of actors who wrote plays in early modern England uncovers important links between performance and authorship. The book traces the careers

This book uncovers important links between acting and authorship in early modern England.

Whereas previous studies of poverty and early modern theatre have concentrated on England and the criminal rogue, Poverty and Charity in Early Modern Theatre an

Money, magic and the theatre were powerful forces in early modern England. Money was acquiring an independent, efficacious agency, as the growth of usury allowe

Early Modern Theatricality brings together some of the most innovative critics in the field to examine the many conventions that characterized early modern thea