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Dramatic Publication in England, 1580-1640: A Study of Conditions Affecting Content and Form of Drama

by Evelyn May Albright. 442 pgs.

Contributors:

   Evelyn May Albright

Publisher:

   Modern Language Association of America

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1927

Subjects:

English Drama--Early Modern And Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History And Criticism, Theater--England--History, Publishers And Publishing--Great Britain

	CONTENTS
	INTRODUCTION	1
	CHAPTER I. ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF DRAMATIC COMPANIES	6
1.	Status of actors	6
2.	Numbers of companies	11
3.	Provincial companies and provincial visits	12
4.	Regulation of the drama	19
	1) Attitude of the Sovereign	19
	2) The Privy Council	22
	3) Early Ecclesiastical Interest in Drama	22
	4) The Treasurer	23
	5) The Chamberlain	24
	6) The Mayor	27
	7) The Master of the Revels	37
	CHAPTER II. LITERARY AND DRAMATIC CENSORSHIP	60
	PART I. Censorship of literature in general	60
1.	Officers of censorship: church, state, and city	60
2.	Aims and direction of censorship	71
3.	Censorship of particular kinds of books	72
	1) Religious works	72
	2) Seditious works	75
	3) Histories and news sheets	76
	4) Political theories	82
	5) Scientific works	82
	6) Satires and epigrams	83
	7) Ballads	84
4.	Standards of propriety	85
5.	Efficiency of censorship	87
	PART II. Censorship of the Drama	94
1.	Subjects considered dangerous on the stage	94
	1) Religious discussion	94
	2) Treatment of contemporary matters	101
	3) Criticism of sovereigns	116
	4) Opinions on royal policies and affairs of state	128
	5) Satire on other nations	148
	6) Satire on individuals	172
	7) Seditious and treasonable utterances	181
	8) Impropriety	188
2.	Methods of censorship	193
3.	Authors' reactions on censorship of drama	197
	CHAPTER III. AUTHORSHIP AND OWNERSHIP OF PLAYS AS AFFECTING PUBLICATION	202
1.	Dramatic authorship	202
2.	Attitude of the playwright toward publication	204
3.	Ownership of plays	217
	1) Basis of stage-right before statutes	217
	2) Sale of plays in relation to stage-right	220
	3) Actors as owners of plays	224
	4) Means of conserving stage-right	229
	5) Copyright and stage-right	233
4.	Attitudes of theatrical companies toward publication	236
5.	Statistics on play publication	249
	CHAPTER IV. CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF PLAYS	262
1.	Stage life of a play: revivals and revisions	263
2.	Restraints from acting	265
3.	Prohibitions due to the plague	269
4.	Status of theatrical companies	276
5.	Demand for printed plays	284
	CHAPTER V. SOURCES OF PLAY TEXTSPRINTED	288
1.	Legitimate and illegitimate sources	288
2.	Theories as to sources of play copy: Lost, stolen, and borrowed manuscripts; scriveners' copies; actors' roles; authors' manuscripts, private transcripts	289
3.	Characteristics of playhouse manuscripts	296
4.	Possible ways of pirating playhouse versions	300
	1) The "traitor-actor" theory	300
	2) Pirating by memory	310
	3) Pirating by stenography	315
	CHAPTER VI. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CONDITIONS AS AFFECTING THE STATE OF THE TEXT	317
1.	Commercializing of printing	317
2.	Competition between printer and bookseller 318
3.	Lack of employment for printers	319
4.	Use of faulty manuscripts	321
5.	Crudity of printing equipment	323
6.	Work of the compositor	325
7.	Kinds and causes of errata	334
8.	Work of the corrector	344
9.	Proof-reading by the author	348
10.	General standards of typographical accuracy	356
11.	Editing by compositor, corrector, and publisher	369
12.	Causes and significance of variant readings	372
13.	Evidences of surreptitious or piratical printing	382
	BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE	385
	BIBLIOGRAPHY	385

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