Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, Volume 21

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Volume 21 of Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England reflects a variety of scholarly interests, ranging from articles addressing Africans in Elizabethan London to chapel stagings, to the theory and practice of domestic tragedy. Various authors have also contributed essays on the historical and theoretical issues relating to the evolution of dramatic texts and women at the theater. Additionally, the volume includes a shorter essay concerning illustrations of traveling players in Germany. MaRDiE continues its custom of publishing review essays in an exploration of current scholarly interest in 1599. Reviews--long and short--complete the volume. An international board of leading scholars and cultural historians maintains the quality of each annual volume, so Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England can be relied upon as a useful source for all students of early English drama--for directors, teachers, and actors, as well as for specialists in college and university study. Readers who wish to deepen their understanding of this drama will find in each volume wide-ranging discussions of topics such as music, politics, aesthetics, philosophy, painting and the questions of material culture, as these matters apply to the interpretation of drama as cultural production before 1642. S. P. Cerasano is the Edgar W. B. Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University.