Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This essay offers a close reading of John Ford’s Perkin Warbeck (“a history play about the end of history plays”, Taylor 2008) which re-proposes the (hi)story of a pretender to the throne, who challenges the legitimacy of Henry VII in a fully Stuart era. The essay considers issues of dramaturgy and historiography/history on stage, against the backdrop of the passage of the English throne from Elizabeth I to James I, which marked an epochal dynastic transition in English history and an overall change in the cultural climate that particularly affected the theatre.
Author: D'Avascio, Roberto
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W6903893130
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