Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre
Bill Angus
Abstract
Intelligence and in the Early Modern Theatre explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. It offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures. Analysing both the nature of intelligence at the time and the metadrama that such characters generate, the book highlights the significance of intrigue and corruption to dramatic narrative and structure. This study of metadrama reveals some of the most fundamental questions being posed about the legitimacy of authority, authors ... More
Keywords: Intelligence, Metadrama, Early Modern, Theatre, Informers, Authority, Authorship, Audience, Interpretation
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2019 | Print ISBN-13: 9781474432917 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: September 2019 | DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474432917.001.0001 |
