Streitberger--whose book is an institutional history of the
revels office organized around the biographies of its masters--takes pains to credit Benger for the thematic variety of his shows, for his innovative use of schoolboy companies, and for his 'penchant for spectacular showmanship' (89).
For all those who are wondering what
Revels '13 has to offer for those who aren't interested in participating,
Revels '13 will feature a plethora of games, activities and food stalls.
He is only a pebble in the ocean." Andrew's mother Anne - who signed herself out of hospital to attend yesterday's hearing - said she would "never" forgive
Revels but added that justice "has been done".
A wide range of frequently overlooked manuscript sources are drawn on to reconstruct the evolution of the company between 1600 and 1613, as it moved through the various appellations of the Children of the Chapel, the Children of the Queen's
Revels, the Children of the
Revels, the Children of Blackfriars, and the Children of Whitefriars.
Munro chooses to examine the Queen's
Revels repertoire by genre, arguing that recognition of genre had considerable importance in the early modern period and also that the playing companies exercised considerable control over the dramatic product they produced.
The main aim of this book is to provide internal textual evidence for the proposition that Shakespeare wrote Troilus and Cressida specifically for the Inns of Court
revels. In a succession of chapters devoted to different aspects of the play's language, W.
One of the show's most famous sketches is based on a gag about his schoolmates who, knowing he has a potentially fatal peanut allergy, force him to play Russian Roulette with a packet of
Revels.
Bawcutt first provides a very good life of Sir Henry Herbert, not only his work as Master of the
Revels, but his place in the wider context of the Stuart court and Stuart society.
(The terminal date is chosen because Cawarden, who had been an important and influential Master of the
Revels, died in that year.) This is followed by a 'Calendar of Court
Revels, Spectacles, Plays, and Entertainments', which will be invaluable to scholars who wish to see at a glance what was happening in a particular year, though its usefulness would have been increased still further if these entries had included page-references back to the preceding narrative.
This book discusses the evolution and importance of the Court
Revels organization during the reigns of the early Tudors, especially the two Henries.
A personal quarrel between Ben Jonson, on the one hand, and John Marston and Thomas Dekker, on the other, was carried into the theatres when Jonson wrote Cynthia 's
Revels (1600) for the Children of the
Revels at the Blackfriars Theatre.
Brown, also known as
Revels, was convicted last month of the double murder of Andrew, 19, and 18-year-old David, who has their throats cut on an isolated country road in Tandragee, Co Armagh, in February 2000.
IT'S clear that Ormskirk-born Jon Culshaw
revels in portraying political characters in his hit TV show Dead Ringers -but it seems the politicians are hardly revelling in their impersonations.
One strong indication of the successful re-evaluation of Jonson's Caroline drama has been the spate of
Revels Plays editions published during the 1980s and 1990s.