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Greene's Tu Quoque or, The Cittie Gallant
Published in 1984: Greene's Tu Quoque, or, The Cittie Gallant is a satirical play from 1611 which was first presented at court by the Queen’s players.
Games and Gaming in Early Modern Drama
This book is a close taxonomic study of the pivotal role of games in early modern drama. The presence of the game motif has often been noticed, but this study, the most comprehensive of its kind, shows how games operate in more complex ways than simple metaphor and can be syntheses of emblem and dramatic device. Drawing on seventeenth-century treatises, including Francis Willughby’s Book of Games, which only became available in print in 2003, and divided into chapters on Dice, Cards, Tables (Backgammon), and Chess, the book brings back into focus the symbolism and divinatory origins of games. The work of more than ten dramatists is analysed, from the Shakespeare and Middleton canon to rare...
