James Shirley and Early Modern Theatre New Critical Perspectives

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Introduction / Time for James Shirley / Jeremy Lopez -- The comic and the apocalyptic in Shirley's drama / Rebecca Hasler -- 'And you meane to rise at court, practise to caper': the representation of the court in James Shirley's plays, 1631-36 / Peter Happé -- Rebellion in Arcadia: Caroline anti-militarism in in dramatic adaptations of Sidney / Rachel Ellen Clark -- A conflict more fierce than many thousand battles: staging the politics of treason and allegiance in James Shirley's maritime plays, The Young Admiral and The Court Secret / Rabecca A. Bailey -- Shirley's tragedies / Barbara Ravelhofer -- Shirley's Dublin days: a nervous première of St. Patrick for Ireland / Robert I. Lubin -- Papers most foul: the Melbourne Manuscript and the 'foul papers' debate / Daniel Starza Smith -- Plotting paratexts in Shirley's The Politician / Jitka Štollová -- The drama of Shirley's poems / Philip West -- Music in the work of James Shirley / Andrew Ashbee -- Versification from Shakespeare to Shirley: implications for performance / Marina Tarlinskaja.