Mastering the revels : the regulation and censorship of early modern drama /
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Usual Practices, Abbreviations and Citations
- A Brief History of Early Modern Theatrical Censorship and Control
- Introduction: Through a Glass, Darkly
- Thinking About Censorship
- Sejanus: An Object Lesson
- The Records of the Masters of the Revels
- 1. Country and Court: A System of Control Emerges, 1549-1579
- Edward VI and Queen Mary
- Elizabeth I
- An Act for the Punishment of Vagabonds, 1572
- Battle Lines Drawn
- Masters of the Revels
- 2. Tilney, Patronage, and Profit, 1579-1589
- Edmund Tilney's Special Commission, 1581
- Literary Skills of Masters of the Revels
- Tilney at Work
- John Lyly
- Robert Wilson
- The Sponsorship of Plays by People of Consequence
- 3. 1586-1592: Decrees for Orders in Printing; 'Martin Marprelate'; Tilney Reappears; Christopher Marlowe
- Decrees for Orders in Printing, 1586
- 'Martin Marprelate'
- Tilney's Limited Authority
- Christopher Marlowe
- 4. 1592-1602: The Theatrical World Reassembles; Tilney's Position Consolidated
- 1592-1598
- Falstaff
- The Isle of Dogs
- The 'Duopoly' Acknowledged
- Tilney's Authority and Income, with Some Licensing Issues
- Tilney's Censorship: (a) Richard II
- Tilney's Censorship: (b) The Book of Sir Thomas More
- Late Elizabethan Jonson
- 5a. Transition and Transgression: From Tilney to Buc, 1603-1610
- Who Controlled What, and When?
- Buc and the Children of the Blackfriars
- Wider Issues Arising
- Other Theatrical Changes
- 5b. The 'Little Eyases' and the Early Years of James's Reign
- Philotas
- Gowrie
- The Malcontent and The Dutch Courtesan
- Eastward Ho!
- Sejanus
- The Isle of Gulls
- The Byron and Scottish Mines Plays
- The Winding Up of the Blackfriars Boys
- Libel
- 6. Sir George Buc, 1610-1622, and Topical Readings
- The Second Maiden's Tragedy
- Sir John Van Olden Barnavelt
- Theatrical Control during Buc's Tenure of Office
- 7. From Astley to Herbert: The Contest for Office, 1622-1623
- Astley
- Astley to Herbert
- 8. 1623-1642: Sir Henry Herbert, A Master at Work
- Getting His Feet under the Table
- Turning Authority into Money
- Share Owner and Arbitrator
- Censorship and Non-censorship
- Closer to Home
- Philip, Earl of Pembroke and the Duke of Buckingham: The Uses of Drama
- 1632-1634
- 1634-1642
- Conclusions: The King and the Subject
- Bibliography
- Index.