Books by Tom (Lecturer in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama Rutter

Focusing on plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Dekker, Heywood, and others, this book examines the way work was depicted on the English stage between 1590 and 1611. It describes changing beliefs about work in the sixteenth century, and identifies important contrasts between plays written for the adult and child repertories.

The major Elizabethan dramatist and poet Christopher Marlowe is widely studied but his work is often seen as challenging. This Introduction provides approachable and explanatory discussions of all of Marlowe's plays and considers Marlowe's turbulent life, his poems and translations, performances of his plays and his influence on other writers.