Medieval and Renaissance Drama in EnglandJohn Leeds Barroll, Susan P. Cerasano Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an international volume published every year in hardcover, containing essays and studies as well as book reviews of the many significant books and essays dealing with the cultural history of medieval and early modern England as expressed by and realized in its drama exclusive of Shakespeare. |
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... Records of Early English Drama Series . She has published on patronage , travel- ling companies , folk theater , and iconography related to drama and is presently collaborating with Scott McMillin on a book on the Queen's Men . Her ...
... Records of Early English Drama Series . She has published on patronage , travel- ling companies , folk theater , and iconography related to drama and is presently collaborating with Scott McMillin on a book on the Queen's Men . Her ...
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... Records of Early English Drama for which he is currently editing the dramatic records of Staffordshire and Warwickshire . Author of The Stratford Festival Story , he has also published numerous articles on early drama and theater ...
... Records of Early English Drama for which he is currently editing the dramatic records of Staffordshire and Warwickshire . Author of The Stratford Festival Story , he has also published numerous articles on early drama and theater ...
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