Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Theater - History & Criticism

"The Malcontent" is considered one of the most original and complex plays of the Elizabethan theatre. The aim of this edition is to offer answers to the various questions raised by the play and relate it to the aesthetic cross-currents flowing in the 17th century.

An unrivalled unofficial history of the rise, and partial fall, of fringe theater, Mike Bradwell's deadpan story is one of the funniest and angriest books to come out of theater today. As he travels through a counterculture peopled by scheming opportunists, dreamers, and prophets, Bradwell makes us marvel at his resilience and creativity.