A MUSE OF FIRE: A brief historical and thematic anthology of British Drama from the Middle Ages to the Restoration

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to make students aware of the relevance and power of theatrical production in general, of the multiplicity and topicality of the themes proposed and their close adherence to our personal lives as well as of the fascination created by the fictional action on the stage, to which we easily surrender, thanks to our voluntary ‘suspension of disbelief’, to use one of Coleridge’s expressions. Special attention will be paid to British Renaissance drama and to all the classical influences on it over the centuries.