A Detour into the Byways of Shakespeare’s World
One of the joys of writing Not Wisely but Too Well was doing the historical and literary research. I spent …
Tag: University Wits
Shakespeare’s Contemporaries: The University Wits
The University Wits were already established playwrights when William Shakespeare arrived in London. When William Shakespeare arrived in London …
The Theatre of a Propaganda War: The Playhouse in the Marprelate Controversy
This obscure theological debate, this grubby little propaganda war, may have had far greater consequences for the Elizabethan theatre than …