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c o n t e n t s List of Abbreviations vii Introduction: Theater History as a Challenge to Literary History 1 Chapter 1. Shirley’s Hand 17 Chapter 2. Vernacular Cosmopolitanism: London Mummings and Disguisings 35 Chapter 3. Performing Pictures 67 Chapter 4. Performance and Gloss: The Procession of Corpus Christi 97 Chapter 5. Inscription and Ceremony: The 1432 Royal Entry 115 Chapter 6. Edible Theater 147 Chapter 7. The Queen’s Dumbshows 167 Chapter 8. On Drama’s Trail 191 Afterword 211 Notes 217 Works Cited 265 Index 291 Acknowledgments 307 This page intentionally left blank ...

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