Sovereigns and Subjects in Early Modern Neo-Senecan Drama examines the development of neo-Senecan drama, also known as ’closet drama’, during the years 1590

How does our understanding of early modern performance, culture and identity change when we decentre Shakespeare? And how might a more inclusive approach to ear

This collection examines early modern women’s contribution to the culturally central mode of complaint. Complaint has largely been understood as male-authored

Reading Drama in Eighteenth-Century France is the first book-length study of how plays were read in eighteenth-century France and, relatedly, of closet drama: e

This book explores the words, forms, and styles Shakespeare used to interact with the verbal marketplace of early modern England.