'Played o 'th' stage': Jacobean and Caroline revenge tragedy at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre by Reem Dababneh

“…The key questions raised by all productions are how to deal with scenes or moments of horror, and, relatedly, of bizarre or macabre comedy; how to present female characters constructed according to different assumptions from those of a present-day audience, and, similarly, how to handle misogynistic discourse; whether or not to update the play through costume, setting and topical parallels; and, more generally, how to use the stage of the Swan Theatre most effectively.…”
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Some women love to struggle: a cultural and critical analysis of dramatic representations of rape in the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods by Lyndsay M. Croft

“…The plays range from the well-known (Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus and Marlowe's Tamburlaine) to the more obscure (Peele's David and Bethsabe and Marston's The Tragedy of Sophonisba). The thesis contributes to knowledge by offering original arguments on a range of plays (some so little-read that there are no modern editions, such as The Maid in the Mill and A11's Lost by Lust) and legal texts. …”
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The Royalist War Effort in the North Midlands 1642-1646 by Martyn Bennett

“…A financial system created by these men was based very much on the regular collection of a property tax. …”
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