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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:

Shakespeare's Cleopatra, 1944

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS020:01.24
Scope and Contents

The materials include an essay describing the character of Cleopatra in Shakespeare's play, Antony and Cleopatra, and how she develops throughout the show and what those changes represent.

Dates: 1944

Shakespeare's Coriolanus

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS020:01.30
Scope and Contents

The materials include two documents discussing Shakespeare's Coriolanus, one of which delves into Renaissance Psychology and its showcase in the play. The other examines Herman Kirchner, his life, and his writings on Coriolanus.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1947

Shakespeare's costumes, 1936

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS020:01.32
Scope and Contents

The materials include an article discussing the meaning and style of the costumes for three of Shakespeare's shows, Love's Labor's Lost, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest.

Dates: 1936

Shakespeare's Counsellors of State, 1935

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS020:01.33
Scope and Contents

The materials include an article discussing Shakespeare's characters that were counsellors of state, including who they were, how they typically behaved and, how they affected the overall story of the play.

Dates: 1935

Shakespeare's Cymbeline, 1920-1927

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS020:01.37
Scope and Contents

The materials include two articles that discuss Shakespeares play Cymbeline and what different interpretations of the story have been by various critics and analytics. They also discuss analogs for the Imogen story in Cymbeline and other plays they may have derived.

Dates: 1920-1927

Shakespeare's Revisions, 1931

 File — Box 06: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229228], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS020:02.44
Scope and Contents

The document discusses revisions made by Shakespeare himself as well, as other playwrights, to his works over time and how these revisions changed the way the play was perceived.

Dates: 1931

Shakespeare's Treatment of Conventional Ideas, 1944

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS020:01.28
Scope and Contents

The materials include an essay describing Shakespeare's treatment of conventional ideas about the world and how he incorporates those ideas into his plays.

Dates: 1944

"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