Each of these essays addresses not only a play, but a specific cultural or literary topic. They cover vital perspectives in cultural studies such as race, class

This book explores the changing representation on the early modern stage of the built environment of London. It covers a period in which the city underwent rapi

With the publication of Brian Gibbons's Jacobean City Comedy thirty-five years ago, the urban satires by Ben Jonson, John Marston and Thomas Middleton attained

"Producing Early Modern London analyzes theater's use of city spaces and places, showing how the satirical comedies of the early seventeenth century came to emb

This volume investigates the early modern understanding of twinship through new readings of plays, informed by discussions of twins appearing in such literature