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The Renegado

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Renegado
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Philip Massinger
Edited by Professor Michael Neill
SeriesArden Early Modern Drama
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9781904271611
ClassificationsDewey:822.3
Audience
General
Illustrations 16 illustrations in introduction

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint The Arden Shakespeare
Publication Date 30 March 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This Jacobean tragic-comedy by Philip Massinger explores the cultural conflict between Christian Europe and Muslim North Africa experienced when the two began to travel and trade in the early modern period. The play is peopled with merchants and pirates and the somewhat convoluted plot involves conversions between both faiths, disguise, kidnap and clandestine marriage. The play is one of many of the period exploring the tantalising and sometimes threatening "other" world of other religions and cultures and as such is studied alongside more familiar plays such as Othello and The Merchant of Venice. Michael Neill explores the themes as well as the pure theatrical joy of this fast-paced play, putting it in its historical context as well as discussing how it resonates with modern audiences and readers today.

Author Biography

Michael Neill is a Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Reviews

'Fascinating reading' * Times Literary Supplement, June 2010, on the Arden Early Modern Drama series *