Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays

"[A] magisterial work. . . . This book may represent an apex of repertory studies, as its authors have succeeded in producing the definitive work in this area thus far. . . . This stimulating work is therefore necessary reading— all the more so because its many fresh documentary discoveries and provocative claims will be debated for decades to come."—Robert Hornback,Renaissance Quarterly 

Winner the 2015 Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize given by the Renaissance Society of America.

“Triumphantly demonstrates once more the value of concentrating on a single company. Patronage, repertory, staging and critical studies blend to bring into sharp focus this exceptional troupe, its enigmatic patron, and its likely place in the career of William Shakespeare.”—Richard Dutton, Humanities Distinguished Professor of English, Ohio State University


“Combining literary and archival evidence, this meticulously researched book shows how and why Lord Strange’s Men—which owned the major plays, players and playwrights of the 1590s—shaped all subsequent early modern drama.”—Tiffany Stern, author of Rehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan, Professor of Early Modern Drama, Oxford University


“An original work of sound and exciting scholarship.”—Grace Ioppolo, Director of the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project


“Lord Strange’s Men and Their Plays is without rival: nothing like it has been attempted before.”—John H. Astington, author of Actors and Acting in Shakespeare's Time


"[R]ich and engrossing company biography. . ."—Roland Greene, Studies in English Literature