Joint Enterprises

Over half the plays of the English Renaissance were scripted by more than one dramatist, says Hirschfield (English, U. of Tennessee, Knoxville). She analyzes the institutional framework that undergirded such joint composition, and the interpersonal dynamics that characterized it, notably within the context of the professionalism and commercial success of theater in the late 16th and first half of the 17th centuries. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR