Synopses & Reviews
Analyses the role of drama in English and Scottish court politics during the sixteenth century.
Review
"Walker's analyses are convincing and historically detailed. He is clearly at his best when illustrating the historical contexts and allusions that the texts engage. He provides an amazing amount of detail." Peter C. Herman, Albion"Recommended for well-read upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty." Choice"Walker is the most provocative theater historians writing today on the early Tudor period, and he continues to offer new ways of looking at old problems and to suggest new aveunes for understanding the drama and politics of the period." Modern Philology
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Playing by the book: early Tudor drama and the printed text; 2. Household drama and the art of good counsel; 3. John Heywood and the politics of contentment; 4. Acting government: Sir David Lindsayâs Ane Satyre of The Thrie Estaitis; 5. Dramatic justice at the Marian court: Nicholas Udallâs Respublica; 6. Strategies of courtship: the marital politics of Gorboduc; Epilogue; Appendices; Index.