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Author : William Shakespeare
Release : 1786
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Book Synopsis Henry VIII. by : William Shakespeare
Download or read book Henry VIII. written by William Shakespeare. This book was released on 1786. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hannah Crawforth
Release : 2015-02-26
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare in London by : Hannah Crawforth
Download or read book Shakespeare in London written by Hannah Crawforth. This book was released on 2015-02-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare in London offers a lively and engaging new reading of some of Shakespeare's major work, informed by close attention to the language of his drama. The focus of the book is on Shakespeare's London, how it influenced his drama and how he represents it on stage. Taking readers on an imaginative journey through the city, the book moves both chronologically, from beginning to end of Shakespeare's dramatic career, and also geographically, traversing London from west to east. Each chapter focuses on one play and one key location, drawing out the thematic connections between that place and the drama it underwrites. Plays discussed in detail include Hamlet, Richard II, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet. Close textual readings accompany the wealth of contextual material, providing a fresh and exciting way into Shakespeare's work.
Author : Catharine Arnold
Release : 2015-04-09
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Globe by : Catharine Arnold
Download or read book Globe written by Catharine Arnold. This book was released on 2015-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, was inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came of age and confronted triumph and tragedy. Triumph came when Shakespeare's company, the Chamberlain's Men, opened the Globe playhouse on Bankside in 1599, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I. Tragedy touched the lives of many of his contemporaries, from fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe to the disgraced Earl of Essex, while London struggled against the ever-present threat of riots, rebellions and outbreaks of plague. Globetakes its readers on a tour of London through Shakespeare's life and work. In fascinating detail, Catharine Arnold tells how acting came of age, how troupes of touring players were transformed from scruffy vagabonds into the finely-dressed 'strutters' of the Globe itself. We learn about James Burbage, founder of the original Theatre, in Shoreditch, who carried timbers across the Thames to build the Globe among the bear-gardens and brothels of Bankside. And of the terrible night in 1613 when the theatre caught fire during a performance of King Henry VIII. Rebuilt once more, the Globe continued to stand as a monument to Shakespeare's genius until 1642 when it was destroyed on the orders of Oliver Cromwell. And finally we learn how 300 years later, Shakespeare's Globe opened once more upon the Bankside, to great acclaim, rising like a phoenix from the flames. Arnold creates a vivid portrait of Shakespeare and his London from the bard's own plays and contemporary sources, combining a novelist's eye for detail with a historian's grasp of his unique contribution to the development of the English theatre. This is a portrait of Shakespeare, London, the man and the myth.
Author : Marchette Chute
Release : 1957
Genre : Dramatists, English
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare of London by : Marchette Chute
Download or read book Shakespeare of London written by Marchette Chute. This book was released on 1957. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Gurr
Release : 2004
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Playgoing in Shakespeare's London by : Andrew Gurr
Download or read book Playgoing in Shakespeare's London written by Andrew Gurr. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. Gurr assembles evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical, social and mental conditions of playgoing. For this edition, as well as revising and adding new material which has emerged since the second edition, Gurr develops new sections about points of special interest. Fifty new entries have been added to the list of playgoers and there are a dozen fresh quotations about the experience of playgoing.
