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English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: English drama--16th century

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

Some Notes on the Stationers' Register, 1927

 File — Box 07: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229236], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS020:02.60
Scope and Contents

The document contains notes on various writings created by the Registers of the Stationers' Company, which may have multiple points of concern to bibliographers.

Dates: 1927

Style in the English Mystery Plays, 1939

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS020:02.18
Scope and Contents

The document examines various styles of play literature for the English Mystery Plays and relates them to other branches of Medieval literature.

Dates: 1939

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 Elizabethan Shakespeare, 1929

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 27
Identifier: MSS020:01.49
Scope and Contents

The article discusses two critics', Ben Johnson and Samuel Johnson, views on Shakespeare. The article digs deep into whether or not their views could be considered accurate. It also discusses Shakespeare's style of writing and the way it was perceived during Elizabethan time versus today.

Dates: 1929

The English Reaction Against Voltaire's Criticism of Shakespeare, 1930

 File — Box 08: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008243765], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS020:02.76
Scope and Contents

The document discusses the English reaction to Voltaire's criticism of Shakespeare and the reasons his points may not be considered accurate due to his mistranslation of Shakespeare and overall envy as claimed by English writers.

Dates: 1930

The First Illustration to Shakespeare, 1925

 File — Box 04: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124726], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS020:01.77
Scope and Contents

The article discusses a manuscript of Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus." The manuscript has an illustration at the top. It also identifies Henry Peachum as a possibly the one to add the drawing.

Dates: 1925

The Foes of Shakespeare, 1924

 File — Box 03: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124718], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS020:01.55
Scope and Contents

The document talks about critics and audiences who were indeed against Shakespeare for different reasons, and how they reflected that through their writing.

Dates: 1924

The lyric of Shakespeare, 1916-1945

 File — Box 04: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124726], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS020:01.94
Scope and Contents

The articles discuss Shakespeare's use of the lyric in his shows. Also discussed is A. E. Housman's use of Shakespeare's songs in his poetry.

Dates: 1916-1945