Locating the Queen's Men, 1583–1603

Syme, Holger Schott; Griffin, Andrew

doi:10.4324/9781315592893

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“…32 The dedication to Walsingham should catch the eye of theatre historians as the queen's secretary and spymaster also helped establish the Queen's Men, the very playing company that first performed Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay sometime around 1589. 33 Bacon's dream of a nation-encircling brass wall would certainly have piqued the interest of a militant Protestant like Walsingham with a documented interest in artillery fortifications. Cutting-edge fortification technology was an even more topical subject in 1589 than the scholarship on Friar Bacon has appreciated.…”

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Building a Wall Around Tudor England: Coastal Forts and Fantasies of Border Control in Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay

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2019

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This article examines the border wall and the image of fortress England in RobertGreene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay and early 1590s nationalist discourse. While Greene recognizes the need for an international outlook in geopolitics, Bacon's wall speaks to contemporary interest in coastal fortifications and brass ordnance in the wake of the Spanish Armada. Greene lampoons the wall as magical thinking, but the play clings to metaphorical walls as more cost-effective symbols of national security and autonomy. The play's awkward combination of pan-European sentiment and strident nationalism offers a prophetic commentary on post-Brexit Britain.

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Building a Wall Around Tudor England: Coastal Forts and Fantasies of Border Control in Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay

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2019

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