'Tragedies that are Acted Upon the Theatre of this World’: News and violence upon the Stuart stage during the Thirty Years War

Thom Pritchard

doi:10.1163/9789004724280_009

'Tragedies that are Acted Upon the Theatre of this World’: News and violence upon the Stuart stage during the Thirty Years War

Thom Pritchard

School of History, Classics and Archaeology

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transnational Encounters in Early Modern Drama, 1450–1750
Editors	Dinah Wouters, Jan Bloemendal
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Chapter	7
Pages	172-195
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004724280
ISBN (Print)	9789004724273
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004724280_009
Publication status	Published - 10 Jul 2025

Publication series

Name	Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe
Volume	13

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Pritchard, T. (2025). 'Tragedies that are Acted Upon the Theatre of this World’: News and violence upon the Stuart stage during the Thirty Years War. In D. Wouters, & J. Bloemendal (Eds.), Transnational Encounters in Early Modern Drama, 1450–1750 (pp. 172-195). (Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe; Vol. 13). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004724280_009

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Pritchard T. 'Tragedies that are Acted Upon the Theatre of this World’: News and violence upon the Stuart stage during the Thirty Years War. In Wouters D, Bloemendal J, editors, Transnational Encounters in Early Modern Drama, 1450–1750. Brill Academic Publishers. 2025. p. 172-195. (Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe). Epub 2025 Jun 30. doi: 10.1163/9789004724280_009