Localizing Caroline Drama

This book redefines the plays and theatrical culture of the years 1625 to 1642 as something more than simply post-Shakespearean in character. Scholars reveal the drama's mixture of political engagement, urbane cosmopolitanism, and commercial ingenuity. They urge us to recalibrate our histories to account for the innovations of the Caroline period.

ADAM ZUCKER is Assistant Professor of Early Modern literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has published on Ben Jonson and on the Caroline playwrights Richard Brome and Thomas Nabbes. ALAN B. FARMER is Assistant Professor of English at The Ohio State University. He has published on printed drama in early modern England, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and the Caroline news trade.