Annotated Bibliography
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Annotated Bibliography |
Books:
Abrahms, M.H. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.2000.
A useful source for researching the 17th century and the type of literature produced within the time.
Aggeler, Geoffrey. Nobler in the Mind he Stoic-Skeptic Dialectic in English Renissance Tragedy. Associated University Presses Inc. Newark. 1998.
A truly amazing resource on Stoicism, skepticism, and the analysis of 17th century dramatists from the Elizabethan through Carolinian age. Very rich in philosophy and theory.
Bentley, Gerald Eades. The Profession of a Player in Shakespeare’s Time: 1590-1642. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1984.
This piece is meant to serve as a companion to Bentley’s The Profession of a Dramatist in Shakespeare’s Time. Bentley strives to accurately portray what it was like to be an Elizabethan playwright.
Berthold, Margot. The History of World Theatre: From the Beginnings to the Baroque. New York, NY: The Continuum Publishing Company.1972.
A review of the different styles of theatre throughout the world “from the beginnings to Baroque.” The fact that this source reviews styles of theatre/drama in many different areas of the world provides the reader with a framework for a better understanding of theatre.
Cheney, Sheldon. The Theatre: Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft. New York, NY: Longmans, Green and Co.1958.
This source provides a history of the art and institution of theatre. It also provides a review of the social and political reasons for the emergence of theatre within different time periods.
Nagler, A.M. A Source Book in Theatrical History. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. 1952.
This source provides an in-depth look at the history of theatre. The time period covered ranges from Antiquity to European Naturalism, during the late 19th century.
Sanders, Julie Caroline Drama The Plays of Massinger, Ford, Shirley and Brome. Northcote House Publishers. Plymouth.1999.
A very helpful explanation and analysis of the above mentioned playwrights, their importance, their influences, and an in-depth analysis of their plays in the context of the time they were written.
Wickham, Glynne. A History of the Theatre. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.1992
Wickham discusses drama and how it has evolved, from its origins until theatre in the twentieth century. This is a helpful source about the development of drama throughout different countries where drama and theatre have emerged.
Websites:
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/marston.htm
Graphic image of Marson's play Antionio and Mellida
http://assets.cambridge.org/0521651360/sample/0521651360WS.PDF
This is the link for the picture above John Marston.
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/stage/blackfriars1.html
Great picture and information on the Blackfriars theater.
http://www.apaclassics.org/AnnualMeeting/02mtg/abstracts/Staley.html
Very helpful site regarding Senecan tragedy and development of stoicism in early theatre.
http://www.bartleby.org/216/index.html#4
This links to a compilation of many of the works discussed in the presentation of the same wide variety of playwrights.
http://www.bartleby.com/216/0901.html
Helpful site distinguishing Jacobean and Caroline drama.
http://www.bartleby.com/216/0403.html
Great site for information about the influences of Phillip Massinger
This site offered biographical information on Ben Jonson as well as links to his works published on the web.
This is the link that provided me with the great pictures of the figures from Jonson’s masques.
http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/micro/496/92.html
This is where the picture of the performers came from outside the Redbull.
http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/micro/270/4.html
This links to the illustrations of A Maidenhead Well Lost.
http://www.btinternet.com/~steveaj/Shakespeare
This site is where can find information both on the history prior to the theaters and more on the actual playhouses themselves.
http://facstaff.uwa.edu/rmu/marston.htm
Great site for Marston's biography and explanation of The Malcontent
http://www.geometry.net/detail/book_author/webster_john.html
Amazing comprehensive site giving biographical information on Webster along with links to all of his plays, reviews of his works, and his contemporaries.
This links up to the picture of the cover of A Woman Killed With Kindness.
This link took me to a very helpful slide show about Francis Beaumont, his style and his literary history.
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc11.htm
Biographical information on Ben Jonson.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/massinger/massbio.htm
This links to a very helpful biographical site on Phillip Massinger.
http://members.tripod.com/poetry_pearls/Gallery/G_chapman.htm
This link took me to the picture used for George Chapman as well as biographical information on the playwright.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/stoicism/
Offers a quick run down on the origins of Stoicism, what it means, who first practiced it, the meaning it had on lifestyles and how it relates to philosophy, physical, and life.
http://thorneloe.laurentian.ca/theatre/
Where the masks graphic was "borrowed" for use on our site.
http://www.republika.pl/gppriv02/bussy.htm
Scene by scene summary of Chapman’s Bussy d’Ambois.
http://www.shakespearedc.org/pastprod/ducdrama.html
Illustrations used for representation of Jacobian actors.
http://www.sou.edu/english/Mathiesn
Where I got my graphic of the Swan theatre.
http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/chapman001.html
Extremely helpful biographic explanation of Chapman and description of his style.
http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/dekker001.html
This links to the webpage where the illustration used for Thomas Dekker can be found.
This link provided the illustrations of the actors in Jacobean theatrical dress and make-up.
