Great Renaissance Dramas (excluding Shakespeare)
Submitted by JohnnyW on Thu, 03/08/2001 - 11:16
Tags:
- Thomas Kyd/The Spanish Tragedy
- Christopher Marlowe/Tamberlane
- Christopher Marlowe/Dr. Faustus
- Cyril Tourneur/The Revenger's Tragedy
- Ben Jonson/Volpone
- Ben Jonson/The Alchemist
- John Webster/The White Devil
- John Webster/The Duchess of Malfi
- John Ford/Tis Pity She's a Whore
Author Comments:
Shakespeare overshadows almost everyone in the Renaissance, but the late sixteenth/early seventeenth centuries were the golden age of English drama. These nine plays are both great and representative of what was going on at the time. The Spanish Tragedy and The Revenger's Tragedy especially will give you an idea of where Hamlet came from. All of these plays are in print.
A valuable list. Thanks for bringing a bit more class to The Listology.
Hey, thanks! I guess I just decided to stop running away from my future profession (college English prof, I hope) and put up something besides music lists!
Johnny Waco