The Antipodes

Author(s): Brome, Richard
Note: Date of composition and of first performance from Steggle, Richard Brome, p. 108.
Date of composition:
  • 1636
Date of first performance: 1638
Date of first publication: 1640
Genre (Annals): Comedy

HIERONIMO/EMOTHE text(s): 2010 modern edition by Richard Cave (Richard Brome Online)
  • 1640 quarto Okes, John Constable, Francis single-play print

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Early Performances

  • Company: Queen Henrietta’s Men Venue: Salisbury Court Theatre Date: 1638
    Cast:
      Location: Venue type: commercial theatre
      Note: Information from 1640 quarto title page (with “the Queenes Majesties Servants” as company name). The play might have been performed by the Beeston’s Boys at the Cockpit. Indoor “private” theatre
      Information source: Cave, Richard. "The Antipodes". Brome, Richard. Richard Brome Online. {Falta año pub}.

    Modern Productions

    • Shakespeare’s Globe. Dir. Gerald Freeman (Master of Play). Perf. James Hayes (Joyless); Harry Gostelow (Peregrine); Tim Woodward (Letoy); Karen Tomlin (Martha); Penny Layden (Diana). Shakespeare’s Globe, London. 2000
    • Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Dir: Lea Gardner and Mike Ryan. Perf. Craig Piaget (Joyless); Andrew P. Quick (Peregrine); Roarke Walter (Letoy); Susannah Freedman (Martha); Kate Pelensky Diana. Festival Glen. 2005

    Modern editions

    • Brome, Richard The Antipodes. In: Cave, Richard, ed. Richard Brome Online. 2010.
    • Kastan, David Scott ; Proudfoot, Richard, ed. The Antipodes. Brome, Richard. London2000. Globe Quartos.
    • Parr, Anthony, ed. Three Renaissance Travel Plays. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997. The Revels Plays.
    • Haaker, Ann, ed. The Antipodes. Brome, Richard. London: Edward Arnold, 1967. Regents Renaissance Drama.

    Select Bibliography: Translations

    • FR:
      • Brome, Richard. "Les Antipodes". Tra. Bitot, Michel. Ed. Cottegnies,Line; Laroque,François; Maguin, Jean-Marie. Théâtre élisabéthain. Paris: Gallimard, 2009. Vol. 2.

    Select Bibliography: Criticism

    • Estathiou-Lavabre, Athéna. "Advising the Actors in 'Hamlet' and 'The Antipodes' : Richard Brome, Shakespeare's Contemporary?". Actes des Congrès de la Société Française Shakespeare. In special issue, 20, p. 103-123.
    • Lebek, Karolina. "Reclaiming Wonder: Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes' and the Production of Comic Catharsis". Ed. Boryslawski, Rafal; Jajszczok, Justyna; Wolff, Jakub; Bemben, Alicja. Histories of Laughter and Laughter in History: HistoRisus. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2016, p. 155-172.
    • Ramalhete Gomes, Miguel. "Intended for the Stage: Performance Criticism in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes'". SEDERI: Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies. 2014, 24, p. 157-169.
    • Myhill, Nova. "Wanton Females of All Sorts': Spectatorship in 'The Antipodes'". Early Theatre: A Journal Associated with the Records of Early English Drama. 2013, vol. 2, 16, p. 121-142.
    • McInnis, David. "Therapeutic Travel in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes'". SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900. 2012, vol. 2, 52, p. 447-469.
    • McEvilla, Joshua J. "The Original Salisbury Court Players of Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes'". Notes and Queries. 2012, vol. 2, 59 (257), p. 168-171.
    • Jowitt, Claire. "The Politics of Mandevillian Monsters in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes'". Ed. Niayesh, Ladan. A Knight's Legacy: Mandeville and Mandevillian Lore in Early Modern England. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2011, p. 195-212.
    • Eleanor Collins. "Richard Brome’s Contract and the Relationship of Dramatist to Company in the Early Modern Period". Early Theatre. 2007, 10, p. 116-128.
    • Taylor, Miles. "The Permeable World: Travel and Carnival in 'The Antipodes'". Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. 2007, vol. 3, 19, p. 438-54.
    • Birkett, Audrey. "Actors, Audiences and Authors: The Competition for Control in Brome's 'The Antipodes'". Ed. Orford, Peter; Jones, Michael P.; Ketterer, Lizz; McEvillia, Joshua. "Divining Thoughts": Future Directions in Shakespeare Studies. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2007, p. 53-68.
    • Kettnich, Karen. "'Now Mark That Fellow; He Speaks Extempore': Scripted Improvisation in 'The Antipodes'". Early Theatre: A Journal Associated with the Records of Early English Drama. 2007, vol. 2, 10, p. 129-139.
    • Chiang, Hsiao-chen. "The Metadramatic Inner Play in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes'". Sun Yat-sen Journal of Humanities. 2004, 19, p. 57-69.
    • Chiang, Hsiao-chen. "The Trope of an Upside Down World: Carnival and Menippean Satire in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes'". Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies. 2004, vol. 2, 30, p. 55-72.
    • Efstathiou-Lavabre, Athéna. "Le Théâtre dans le théâtre: Permanence d'une structure baroque dans 'The Antipodes' (1638) de Richard Brome". Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles. 2002, 54, p. 27-43.
    • Sanders, Julie. "The Politics of Escapism: Fantasies of Travel and Power in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes' and Ben Jonson's The Alchemist". Ed. Sullivan, Ceri (ed. and introd.), White, Barbara. Writing and Fantasy. New York: Longman, 1999, p. 137-150.
    • Appelbaum, Robert. "The imaginary imaginary voyage: Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes'". Ed. Baccolini, Raffaella. Viaggi in utopia. Ravenna. {Falta nombre ciudad}: Longo, 1996, p. 143-51.
    • Ann Haaker. "The Plague, The Theatre, and the Poet". Renaissance Drama. 1968, 1, p. 283-306.

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