This expansive, inter-disciplinary guide to Renaissance plays and the world they played to gives readers a colorful overview of England's great dramatic age.<br><ul><br><li>Provides an expansive and inter-disciplinary approach to Renaissance plays and the world they played to. <br><li>Offers a colourful and comprehensive overview of the material conditions of England's most important dramatic period. <br><li>Gives readers facts and data along with up-to-date interpretation of the plays. <br><li>Looks at the drama in terms of its cultural agency, its collaborative nature, and its ideological complexity.</li></ul>