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Author : Richard Tames
Release : 2009
Genre : Great Britain
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 508/5 ( 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. 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.
Author : Richard Tames
Release : 2018-03-22
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 867/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day by : Richard Tames
Download or read book Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day written by Richard Tames. This book was released on 2018-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining and fact-packed guide provides all the information you'll need to travel back in time to Elizabethan London - a booming city of courtiers, cutthroats, merchants, beggars, lawyers, dramatists, apprentices and adventurers. Find out the best way to the capital and where to stay. Saunter over London Bridge, with its hundreds of shops and houses. Glimpse Her Majesty at Whitehall, Europe's largest palace. 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 Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world. This intriguingly addictive guide provides all you need to know to sightsee, shop and meet the famous in the capital of a nation stirring to greatness.
Author : Sarah Dustagheer
Release : 2021-01-14
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 815/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary by : Sarah Dustagheer
Download or read book Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary written by Sarah Dustagheer. This book was released on 2021-01-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary is a topographical reference book of all the London locations, allusions and colloquial terms mentioned in Shakespeare's complete works. For many years critics have argued that Shakespeare did not engage with the city in which he lived, however London's topography and life is present in all his work, in its language, its locations and its characters. This dictionary offers a concise and fascinating insight into the city's impact on the Shakespearean imagination and provides readers with a wide-ranging guide to early modern London, its contemporary meanings and the ways in which Shakespeare employs these throughout the canon.
Author : Hannah Crawforth
Release : 2015-02-26
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 790/5 ( reviews)
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 : C.C. Humphreys
Release : 2015-10-06
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 919/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Rebel by : C.C. Humphreys
Download or read book Shakespeare's Rebel written by C.C. Humphreys. This book was released on 2015-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be (or not to be) the man to save England England's finest swordsman and fight choreographer at the magnificent new Globe Theatre has hit rock bottom. John Lawley just wants to win back his beloved, become a decent father to his son, and help his friend William Shakespeare finish The Tragedy of Hamlet, the play that threatens to destroy him. But all is not fair in love and war. Dogged by his three devils—whiskey, women, and Mad Robbie Deveraux—John is dragged by Queen Elizabeth herself into a dangerous game of politics, conspiracy, and rebellion. Will the hapless swordsman figure out how to save England before it's too late? Brimming with vivid periodic detail, Shakespearean drama, and irresistible wit, Shakespeare's Rebel is a thrilling romp through the romantic, revolutionary times of Elizabethan England that will delight historical fiction fans and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike.
