The Stukeley Plays: 'The Battle of Alcazar' by George Peele and 'the Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley (Revels Plays Companion Library)
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Charles Edelman (Contributor)
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Sir Thomas Stukeley, the notorious English courtier, pirate, adventurer and soldier, died at the Battle of Alcazar in Morocco in 1578, while serving in the army of King Sebastian of Portugal. This volume comprises the first modern-spelling, annotated edition of two plays in which he is a major character: George Peele's 'The Battle of Alcazar' (c.1588), and the anonymous 'Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley' (c.1596).
In his extensive introduction and commentary, Charles Edelman discusses the plays' authorship, their many textual problems, and what they reveal about Elizabethan performance practices. He also challenges most of the traditional assumptions about them. This edition shows that both works, long held to be unperformable, are instead fascinating and worthwhile representatives of the most exciting age in the history of the theatre. -- . Illustrations, black & white
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Charles Edelman teaches Literature and Performance at Edith Cowan University, Australia -- .
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- Contributor: Charles Edelman
- Imprint: Manchester University Press
- ISBN13: 9780719062346
- Number of Pages: 256
- Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Release Date: 2005-05-05
- Series: Revels Plays Companion Library
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Charles Edelman teaches Literature and Performance at Edith Cowan University, Australia -- .
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