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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 : Marchette Chute
Release : 1964
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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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 1964. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chute's account of Shakespeare's life and times is based solely on contemporary documents which emphasize the famed playwright's life as a working member of the London theater - as an actor, a director, a producer, a playwright and theater owner. Of equal importance in this book is the city of London itself - that brilliant, lively, creative city in which Shakespeare's art was roated and through which it flourished.
Author : Catharine Arnold
Release : 2015-04-09
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 718/5 ( reviews)
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 : Andrew Gurr
Release : 2004
Genre : Drama
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Book Rating : 224/5 ( reviews)
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.
Author : Richard Tames
Release : 2009-06-23
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 937/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare's London On Five Groats a Day by : Richard Tames
Download or read book Shakespeare's London On Five Groats a Day written by Richard Tames. This book was released on 2009-06-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fact-packed guide provides all the practical advice a tourist needs to travel back four centuries to explore the booming city of London. London is big and can be baffling, but don’t worry if you don’t know a buskin from a firkin. This is the book to put you right – how to read up in advance, how to get there, settle in and keep safe on the streets, how to meet the people and find out the famous. Saunter over London Bridge with its dozens of shops and houses. Wonder at Whitehall, Europe’s largest palace. Revere the tombs of kings in Westminster Abbey. Tour the Tower of London – an archive, armoury, mint, menagerie, prison and jewel house all in one building. Watch the finest plays and players at the Rose Theatre and marvel at the bustle of business in the Royal Exchange. Go down to Greenwich to stand on the deck of the Golden Hind, the ship that sailed round the world. London is the magnet for the talents of a nation stirring to greatness. Shakespeare bestrides the stage. At Elizabeth’s dazzling court Ralegh and Essex are rivals for her favour. From the shadows Dr Dee, mathematician and magician, proffers secret counsel to the Queen. T&H picture researchers Sally Paley and Alice Foster won the Longman-History Today award 2010 for Historical Picture Researcher of the Year for their work on Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day.
