Shakespeare & Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middletown, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story.(Book review)

Renaissance Quarterly | December 22, 2007| | Copyright

Stanley Wells. Shakespeare & Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middletown, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story.

New York: Random House Inc., 2007. xvi + 286 pp. index. illus. $26. ISBN: 978-0-375-42494-6.

The full title delineates the book's subject matter, and Wells explains his purpose: "This book aims to place Shakespeare within his theatrical context" (5) in all its richness. He writes the book primarily for an interested general audience, although specialists will certainly learn something and benefit from Wells's ...

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