Christopher Marlowe, Theatrical Commerce, and the Book Trade

Examines Christopher Marlowe and his work in the overlapping contexts of the professional theatre and the book trade.

Kirk Melnikoff (Edited by), Roslyn L. Knutson (Edited by)

9781107126206, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 October 2018

338 pages, 7 b/w illus.
23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.67 kg

'… this collection shows that the most exciting work in Marlowe studies is taking place in textual and theatre studies. When the two are put together, as in this volume, the intersection is endlessly illuminating.' Laurie Maguire, Early Theatre Review

Presenting the first exploration of Christopher Marlowe's complex place in the canon, this collection reads Marlowe's work against an extensive backdrop of repertory, publication, transmission, and reception. Wide-ranging and thoughtful chapters consider Marlowe's deliberate engagements with the stage and print culture, the agents and methods involved in the transmission of his work, and his cultural reception in the light of repertory and print evidence. With contributions from major international scholars, the volume considers all of Marlowe's oeuvre, offering illuminating approaches to his extended animation in theatre and print, from the putative theatrical debut of Tamburlaine in 1587 to the most current editions of his work.

To the reader David Scott Kastan
Introduction: booking Marlowe
Part I. Marlowe at Work: 1. Marlowe's Lucan: winding sheets and scattered leaves Sarah Wall-Randell
2. Marlowe in repertory, 1587–1593 Roslyn L. Knutson
3. Marlowe in miniature: Dido, Queen of Carthage and the children of the chapel repertory Eoin Price
4. 'Then breath a while': compression, kinesis, and temporality in the Massacre at Paris Evelyn Tribble
5. Alarums: Edward II and the staging of history Lucy Munro
6. Doctor Faustus's leg Genevieve Love
Part II. Transmitting Marlowe: 7. Making Marlowe Adam G. Hooks
8. Making a scene: or Tamburlaine the Great in print Claire M. L. Bourne
9. Marlowe's early books: the Contention and a 'Marlowe effect' Peter Kirwan
10. Richard Jones, Tamburlaine the Great, and the making (and re-making) of a serial play collection in the 1590s Tara L. Lyons
11. Companionate publishing, literary publics, and the wit of epyllia: the early success of Hero and Leander András Kiséry
12. Thomas Heywood and the publishing of The Jew of Malta Richard Dutton
Part III. Marlowe Received: 13. Allusions to Marlowe in printed plays, 1594 Tom Rutter
14. The devil and Doctor Faustus Paul Menzer
15. Booking Marlowe's plays David McInnis
16. Marlowe's lost play: 'The Maiden's Holiday' Matthew Steggle
17. 'The best of poets in that age': Christopher Marlowe's reputation in the century following his death in Deptford J. A. Downie
Appendix A. Transcription of John Newdigate II's summary of Edward II
Appendix B. Marlowe in print, 1590–1640
Appendix C. Marlowe's plays in performance, 1588–1640.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: plays & playwrights [DSG], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [DSBD], Literary studies: general [DSB]