Sir William Davenant : : Poet Venturer, 1606-1668 / / Alfred Harbage.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Harbage, Alfred,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1935]; ©1935
• Year of Publication: 1935
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; I. A Taverner's Son --; II. Foot-loose in London --; III. The Queen's Service --; IV. The King's Cause --; V. The Venturer --; VI. Players Restored --; VII. Gondibert --; VIII. The Comic --; IX. Wit and Fancy --; X. Adaptations of Shakespeare --; XI. Fame --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512816655; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512816655
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alfred Harbage.

First thorough biography of the colorful and gifted seventeenth-century playwright who was also the father of English opera, the first to use English actresses in his plays, and the creator of modern stage construction.