Mastering the Revels: The Regulation and Censorship of English Renaissance Drama.

Abstract

Preface and Acknowledgements - Abbreviations and Citations - Introduction - Country and Court, A System of Control Emerges, 1549-79 - Tilney, Patronage and Profit, 1579-89 - Martin Marprelate, Sir Thomas More, Marlowe, 1589-93 - Theatrical Authority in the Later 1590s - Essex and the Limits of Toleration, 1600-03 - Questions of Authority I: From Tilney to Buc, 1603-10 - The Question of Authority II: The Boy Companies 1604-10 - Sir George Buc, 1610-22 - Pembroke, Astley, Herbert, 1622-26 - Bibliography, Notes and Index