The Stukeley Plays: 'The Battle of Alcazar' by George Peele and 'the Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley

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The first modern-spelling, annotated edition of the two plays in which the notorious Thomas Stukeley is a major character; Features an extensive introduction dicussing the plays' authorship, their many textual problems, and what they reveal about Elizabethan performance practices; Challenges traditional assumptions that these plays are unperformable, and shows them to be worthwhile and fascinating examples from the most exciting age in theatre history; Features full textual commentary

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Charles Edelman teaches Literature and Performance at Edith Cowan University, Australia