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- Title
Middleton's A Game at Chess and the Making of a Theatrical Public.
- Authors
WITTEK, STEPHEN
- Abstract
This essay considers Thomas Middleton's politically controversial A Game at Chess in relation to recent scholarship that addresses the idea of a theatrical public in early modern London. This approach provides a more nuanced understanding of the political attitudes of Middleton and his contemporaries. Rather than presenting the dramatist as a spokesperson for a single political interest, the essay shows how A Game at Chess integrates diverse perspectives on matters of popular concern, thereby cultivating a forum wherein people could come together to think through issues on a collective basis.
- Subjects
GAME at Chess, A (Theatrical production); MIDDLETON, Thomas, 1580-1627; 17TH century English drama; 17TH century theater; POLITICAL attitudes
- Publication
SEL: Studies in English Literature (Johns Hopkins), 2015, Vol 55, Issue 2, p423
- ISSN
0039-3657
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/sel.2015.0016