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Dramatic criticism

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Theater criticism

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

"Sidney's Sister, Pembroke's Mother:" A Consideration of the Elizabethan Woman in her Sphere as a Patron of Learning, 1923

 File — Box 06: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229228], Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS020:02.52
Scope and Contents

The document discusses the history of Lady Pembroke and the impact she had on Elizabethan art and literature.

Dates: 1923

Signior Brabantio's Humor, 1945

 File — Box 04: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124726], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS020:01.75
Scope and Contents

The article discusses the character of Barbantio in Shakespeare's play of Othello and how he showcases choler throughout the show.

Dates: 1945

Some Direct Influences of Lillo's The London Merchant on France before 1790

 File — Box 04: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124726], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS020:01.87
Scope and Contents

The article discusses the history of George Lillo's "The London Merchant." The text notes the influence it had on France during the fifty years following its appearance.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1947

Stage Directions in Orrery's Plays, 1932

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS020:02.21
Scope and Contents

The document discusses early transcripts of Roger Boyle's plays Mustapha and Tryphon, published before the plays were printed, and how they omitted certain stage directions that were included in the final transcripts. They discuss what those stage directions are and where they appear in the play.

Dates: 1932

Text of Peele's David and Bethsabe, 1931

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 25
Identifier: MSS020:02.25
Scope and Contents

The document discusses contradictions and problems within the text of Peele's David and Bathsabe and previous scholars findings and opinions.

Dates: 1931

The Authorship of Anything for a Quiet Life, 1928

 File — Box 01: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124692], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS020:01.07
Scope and Contents

The material includes a response essay to an article written by Mr. Skyes, regarding the authorship of the Webster-Middelton play Anything for a Quiet Life. The document discusses which of the two dramatists had more of a hand in the conception of this play. The article was written by W.D. Dunkel.

Dates: 1928

The Case of Forman's Bocke of Plaies

 File — Box 03: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124718], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS020:01.57
Scope and Contents

The document discusses an investigation into the spuriousness of Simon Forman's Bocke of Plaies conducted by a student of Dr. S. A. Tannenbaum.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1947

The Dating of Shakespeare, 1936

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS020:01.38
Scope and Contents

The materials include a document discussing the various opinions on the dates of Shakespeare's play and talks about what other scholars have determined about those dates. Included is also a table of all the shows and what year individual scholars have established for each.

Dates: 1936

The Elizabethan printer and dramatic manuscripts, 1931

 File — Box 06: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229228], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS020:02.36
Scope and Contents

The document discusses how early Elizabethan works contained many errors and whether or not there was a corrector to the press and if he may have been illiterate.

Dates: 1931

The Mirror Concept and its Relation to the Drama of the Renaissance, 1939

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS020:02.11
Scope and Contents

The document examines the mirror concept and relates it to thinking inherited by the Renaissance time period.

Dates: 1939