Disguise devices figure in many early modern English plays and an examination of them clearly affords an important reflection on the growth of early theatre as

Disguise devices figure in many early modern English plays, and an examination of them clearly affords an important reflection on the growth of early theatre as

Through its rich foray into popular literary culture and medical history, this book investigates representations of regular and irregular medical practice in ea

Monarchy is an enduring institution that still makes headlines today. It has always been preoccupied with image and perception, never more so than in the period

In the early seventeenth century, the London stage often portrayed a ruler covertly spying on his subjects. Traditionally deemed 'Jacobean disguised ruler plays