Richard Brome was the leading comic playwright of 1630s London. Starting his career as a manservant to Ben Jonson, he wrote a string of highly successful comedies which were influential in British theatre long after Brome's own playwriting career was cut short by the closure of the theatres in 1642. This book offers the first full-length chronological account of Brome's life and works, drawing on a wide range of recently rediscovered manuscript sources.
It traces the early hostility to Brome from those who wrote him off as a mere servant; his continuing struggles with plague closures, contract disputes and theatrical takeover bids; and his literary relationships with Jonson, Shakespeare and others. Each of the surviving plays is discussed in relation to its social and political context, and its sense of place.
A final chapter reviews Brome's enduring stageworthiness into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the most recent Brome revivals. -- .
| ISBN: | 9780719063589 |
| Publication date: | 28th October 2004 |
| Author: | Matthew Steggle |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | Revels Plays Companion Library |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts Anthologies: general Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 |
Richard Brome was the leading comic playwright of 1630s London. Starting his career as a manservant to Ben Jonson, he wrote a string of highly successful comedies which were influential in British theatre long after Brome's own playwriting career was cut short by the closure of the theatres in 1642.
Richard Brome features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts, Anthologies: general, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600
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Richard Brome was written by Matthew Steggle and published by Manchester University Press
Richard Brome has 232 pages
Yes it is part of Revels Plays Companion Library series
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