Revenge tragedy and the drama of commemoration in reforming England

Introduction: Revenge Tragedy: Critical Issues

Dead and Performative Religio-Politics at the 'Change of Religion'

Mourning and its Aesthetics at the 'Change of Religion'

1. 'Outrage Fits': Revenge and the 'Melodrama' of Mourning in The Spanish Tragedy, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet

Spanish Tragedy, c. 1586-1587

Titus Andronicus, c. 1592

Hamlet, c.1600, revised 1600-1604

2. Funerary Theatre: Mourning, Antonio's Revenge and Paul's Theatre

3. Melodrama and Parody: Remembering the Dead in The Revenger's Tragedy, The Atheist s Tragedy, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi

Revenger's Tragedy, c.1606

Atheist's Tragedy, c.1611

While Devil, c.1613

Duchess of Malfi, c.1613.