Bibliograph

Great Elizabethan playwrights, by Don Nardo

Type

Label

Great Elizabethan playwrights, by Don Nardo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-105) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Great Elizabethan playwrights

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

by Don Nardo

Series statement

The Lucent library of historical eras. Elizabethan England

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 10.1, 5, 63859

Summary

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification