{"product_id":"a-companion-to-golden-age-theatre-9781855662094","title":"A Companion to Golden Age Theatre","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is a readable and up-to-date guide to all aspects of the extraordinary flowering of theatre in Early-Modern Spain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpain's artistic Golden Age produced Cervantes's great novel, \u003ci\u003eDon Quijote\u003c\/i\u003e, the sublime poetry of Quevedo and Góngora, and nurtured the prodigious talent of Velázquez, and yet it was the theatre that captured the imaginationof its people.  Men and women of all social classes flocked to the new playhouses to see and hear the latest offerings of their favourite dramatists, and to be seen and heard. \u003cbr\u003e As well as dealing with the lives and major works of the most significant playwrights of the period - Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Miguel de Cervantes, Calderón de la Barca - the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e  focusses on other aspects of the growth and maturing of Golden Age theatre, reflecting the interests and priorities of modern scholarship. These include: the sixteenth-century origins of the \u003ci\u003ecomedia nueva\u003c\/i\u003e; the lesser-known dramatists, including women playwrights; life in the theatre; the Corpus Christi street theatre and minor genres; performance studies; and the critical reception of the drama. The \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e also contains a guide to \u003ci\u003ecomedia\u003c\/i\u003e versification, a full bibliography and advice on further reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JONATHAN THACKER is a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.","brand":"Jonathan W Thacker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48268255265019,"sku":"9781855662094","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781855662094_439dc055-3a34-4dc2-b018-88f3b185b3fa.jpg?v=1772487809","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-companion-to-golden-age-theatre-9781855662094","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}