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Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

Volume 39

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Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

Volume 39

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Volume 39 of a continuing academic journal dedicated to research in the field of early drama and theatrical studies.

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related to English drama and theater history to 1642. An internationally recognized board of scholars oversees the publication of MaRDiE. Readers who wish to deepen their understanding of early drama will find that the journal publishes wide-ranging discussions not only of plays and early performance history, but of topics pertaining to cultural history, as well as manuscript studies and the history of printing.

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Table of Contents

Editors' Note
Edward Gieskes (University of South Carolina, US) and Heather Hirschfeld (University of Tennessee, US)
Introduction: Recognizing Susan Cerasano
Edward Gieskes (University of South Carolina, US) and Heather Hirschfeld (University of Tennessee, US)
ARTICLES
Props in Platea and Locus in The Tragedie of Dido, Queene of Carthage
Bernice Mittertreiner Neal, York University, Canada
Burying Selves in Parts-or “Character” as Character in Romeo and Juliet
James E. Berg, Middlebury College, US
“And what is written shall be executed”: Reading Bodies, Omens, and Haruspicy in Titus Andronicus
Stephanie Diehl, Montclair State University, US
“'A most holy martyr": Memory of Anne Boleyn during the Reign of Elizabeth I and James I
Susan Dunn-Hensley, Wheaton College, US
'Within the Comfort of My Curse': Reimagining the Wars of the Roses on 21st Century Stages
Sheila Cavanaugh, Emory University, US
The Skull as a Memento Mori in Revenge Tragedies
Margaret Marcum, Southern Methodist University, US
REVIEWS
Review of Medieval Afterlives: Transforming Traditions in Shakespeare and Early English Drama, edited by Daisy Black and Katharine Goodland
Elisabeth Dutton, The University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Review of On the Queerness of Early English Drama: Sex in the Subjunctive Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England by Tison Pugh
I.G.T Howard, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
Review of Theatre Closure and the Paradoxical Rise of English Renaissance Drama in the Civil Wars by Heidi Craig
Ariel Bates, University of Pennsylvania, US
Review of The Renaissance of the Saints After Reform by Gina DiSalvo
Hannah Korell, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, US
Review of Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England by John Kuhn
Caro Pirri, University of Pittsburg, US
Review of Libels and Theater in Shakespeare's England: Publics, Politics, Performance by Joseph Mansky
Madeleine Trépanier, Yale University, US
Review of Fencing, Form and Cognition on the Early Modern Stage by Dori Coblentz
Andie Barrow, University of Wisconsin, US
Review of Shakespeare's Once and Future Child: Speculations on Sovereignty by Joseph Campana
Daniel Juan Gil, Texas Christian University, US
Review of Shakespeare Through Islamic Worlds by Ambereen Dadabhoy
Nora Galland, University of Western Brittany, France
Index
About the Editors and Contributors

Product details

Published 12 Nov 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 256
ISBN 9798216485742
Imprint Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Series Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Heather Anne Hirschfeld

Heather Anne Hirschfeld is distinguished professor…

Anthology Editor

Edward Gieskes

Edward Gieskes is Associate Professor of English L…

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