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020			_a9780191859953 _q(electronic book)
020			_z9780198819455 _q(print)
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100			_aDutton, Richard, _d1948- _eauthor. _923320
245			_aMastering the revels : _bthe regulation and censorship of early modern drama / _cRichard Dutton.
250			_aSecond edition.
260		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c[2022]
300			_a1 online resource (416 pages) : _billustrations (colour).
520			_aMastering the Revels traces the measures taken by the governments of Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I to regulate the new phenomenon of fixed playhouses and resident playing companies in London, and to censor their plays. It focuses on the Masters of the Revels, whose primary function was to seek out theatrical entertainment for the court but whose role expanded to include oversight of the players and their playhouses. The book proceeds chronologically, tracking each of the Masters in the period-Edmund Tilney (served 1579-1610), Sir George Buc (1610-1622), Sir John Astley (1622-1623) and Sir Henry Herbert (1623-1642). Tilney was the first to receive a Special Commission, giving him wide-ranging powers over the players. When Buc first became involved is examined here in detail, as is the parallel history of the Children of the Queen's Revels who, between 1604 and 1608, staged some of the most scandalous plays of the era. Astley succeeded Buc, but soon sold the office to Herbert, who then served to the closing of the theatres. Manuscripts of plays censored by Tilney, Buc, and Herbert have survived and are examined in detail to assess their concerns. Large parts of Herbert's office-book have also survived, giving detailed insights into his professional life, including interactions with both the court and the players. It reveals the difficulties he faced negotiating recurrent popular pressure for war against Spain, resistance to Archbishop Laud's reforms of the church, and Henrietta Maria's problematic presence as a Catholic queen to Charles I.
530			_aAlso available in Print and PDF edition.
650			_aEnglish drama _yEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 _xHistory and criticism. _923321
650			_aEnglish drama _y17th century _xHistory and criticism. _923322
650			_aTheater _xCensorship _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y16th century. _923323
650			_aTheater _xCensorship _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y17th century. _923324
650			_aDrama _xCensorship _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y16th century. _923325
650			_aDrama _xCensorship _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y17th century. _923326
650			_aRenaissance _zEngland. _923327
655		0	_aElectronic books. _923328
856	4		_aOxford Academic _uhttps://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198819455.001.0001
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999			_c14089 _d14089