Publisher:
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. [u.a.]
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EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA
John Cox tells the intriguing story of stage devils from their earliest appearance in English plays to the closing of the theatres by parliamentary order in 1642. The book spans both medieval and Renaissance drama from the Mystery cycles through to...
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John Cox tells the intriguing story of stage devils from their earliest appearance in English plays to the closing of the theatres by parliamentary order in 1642. The book spans both medieval and Renaissance drama from the Mystery cycles through to plays by Greene, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Davenant.