This book presents new and overarching perspectives on the relationship between theatre and public from the Henrician Reformation through the interregnum to the

The first study to systematically trace the impact of theatre on the emerging public of the early modern period.

The first comprehensive history of libels in Elizabethan England, this interdisciplinary study traces the crime across law, literature, and culture, focusing es

This book presents new and overarching perspectives on the relationship between theatre and public from the Henrician Reformation through the interregnum to the

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