Author Description

"[This volume] features new work on Othello, the date of 1 Henry VI, and Richard III's fore-lives. Authors explore non-Shakespearean playwrights, showcased in essays on Samuel Daniel, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker, Philip Massinger, John Marston, and Henry Shirley. Theatrical performance is examined in an essay examining embedded masques and dramatized desire." -- Book cover.