Chapter 1. “The Tricks of the Pagan Priests”: Staging Prophetic Altars from Sejanus to The Widow Ranter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction. English Theatrical Practice and the Uses of Pagan Homology 1
4. Chapter 1. “The Tricks of the Pagan Priests”: Staging Prophetic Altars from Sejanus to The Widow Ranter 32
5. Chapter 2. “I Could Not Triumph If These Were Not My Captives”: Staging the Pagan Triumph from The Wounds of Civil War to The Indian Queen 63
6. Chapter 3. The Magician in His Study: Staging Pagan Textuality from Doctor Faustus to The Indian Emperour 105
7. Chapter 4. “I Come to Thee!”: Staging Reunion Suicides and Pagan Heavens from Tamburlaine to Oroonoko 138
8. Conclusion 171
9. Notes 177
10. Index 211
11. Acknowledgments 223