Shakespeare and the Chamberlain's Men in 1598.(Articles)

From: Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: McMillin, Scott | Copyright information

LEEDS Barroll has shown the benefits that can flow from thinking, exactly and in detail, about the individual years of Shakespeare's career. The early chapters of Politics, Plague, and Shakespeare's Theater are a close reading of Shakespeare and the King's Men in the first year of the Jacobean regime, from the royal patent that was issued to the company in May 1603 through their performances at court in the winters of 1603-04 and 1604-05. That period consists of over eighteen month...

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