From Playhouse to Printing House
Drama and Authorship in Early Modern England

"Incisive and insightful...has much to offer scholars and students interested in the publication and marketing history of Renaissance dramatic texts. This well-researched, thoughtful book raises worthwhile questions and opens fresh perspectives on the provenance and transmission of some of our cherished English dramatic texts." Modern Language Quarterly

"Brooks reveals printing as a strategy, a means of self-fashioning used by various playwrights and printers to different ends.... Brooks eagerly raises unsettling questions about the canon. He is earnest in describing authorship as a game, one in which the players are more or less skilled, and in which there are winners and losers.... From Playhouse to Printing House is a valuable addition to the study of early modern drama. In examining the evolution of authorship as a concept, rather than a practice, Brooks demands that we reconsider not only the traditional attributions of particular works, but also why these attributions were made in the first place." Sixteenth Century Journal

"A fine addition to Cambridge's Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture." Studies in English Literature