Great Elizabethan playwrights

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Title:

Great Elizabethan playwrights

Author:

Nardo, Don, 1947-

Personal Author:

Nardo, Don, 1947-

Publication Information:

San Diego [Calif.] : Lucent Books, [2003]

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Series:

The Lucent library of historical eras. Elizabethan England

Lucent library of historical eras. Elizabethan England.

Summary:

Discusses the origins of English-speaking theater and includes facts about seven early Elizabethan playwrights, including William Shakespeare.

Language:

English

Contents:

Birth of the English-speaking theater -- "On Your Imaginary Forces Work" : the Elizabethan theater -- The courtly dreamer : John Lyly -- Father of the revenge tragedy : Thomas Kyd -- Poet of pageant and drama : George Peele -- A man at war within himself : Robert Greene -- Risk-taker and mystery-maker : Christopher Marlowe -- A playwright for all time : William Shakespeare -- Shrewd critic of human follies : Ben Jonson.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 10.1 5.0 63859.

Personal Subject:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616-Juvenile literature.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.

Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Juvenile literature.

English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism. -- Juvenile literature.

Dramatists, English. -- Juvenile literature.

Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century. -- Juvenile literature.