The Authentic Shakespeare: and Other Problems of the Early Modern Stage

Stephen Orgel’s The Authentic Shakespeare , includes fifteen essays in which the Renaissance and its dramas are re-examined. Orgel’s writings on Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson and the English court both unpack the notions often taken for granted - the authority of text, character, playwright - and explore the relationship between the stage drama and the state drama. With more than 75 illustrations, this will be an essential work.