From studies of the lost Shakespeare and Fletcher play “Cardenio” (and performances of the reconstructed playtext) to the Lost Plays Database and Martin Wiggins’ British Drama: A Catalogue, over the last five years lost drama has become a topic of increasing interest and urgency in Shakespeare studies. New models are emerging of how to think about plays whose scripts are not extant. This book asks: can we further develop these models and techniques, and can we extend them beyond London playhouses to lost works other than drama?   weiterlesen