The Theatrical City by David L. Smith, Richard Strier, David ... - 9780521526159

The Theatrical CityCulture, Theatre and Politics in London, 15761649\nAuthor(s): David L. Smith, Richard Strier, David Bevington\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521526159, 978-0521526159\nSynopsis\nThis collection of essays adopts a novel, interdisciplinary approach to a diverse group of texts composed in London during the Renaissance. Eight literary scholars and eight historians from two continents have been paired to write companion essays on each text. This original method opens up rich insights into London's social, political, and cultural life which would have eluded members of either discipline working in isolation. 'Theatrical' is taken to be a very flexible term, and is applied to the civic rituals and public spectacles of the capital (for example, the execution of King Charles I) as well as to the elite and popular theatre. The eight texts therefore include historical accounts, polit.