COL 49 Chapter 4 Starters

[Doug Millison]

I'm no expert on these revenge plays.  Can anybody explain more about the
political environment in which they were written and performed? My knowledge
of English history is quite weak -- was this the time of, or just following
(because Cromwell closed the theaters) the English Civil Wars?  In any case,
in the period of the Revenge Tragedy,  could it be that the playwrights were
speaking to the politics of their day?

 calbert at hslboxmaster.com 
Has anyone asked if P really went to the original plays as sources 
for CT? [...]