Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years of Elizabeth’s reign. Originally published in 1933 and republished in 1958, this great work is an imagining, in plain narrative, of the life of Shakespeare backed with evidence of the history of the stage. Whatever wider significances modern critics distill from Shakespeare’s plays, it remains an elementary fact that he wrote plays to interest and entertain his contemporaries and this book takes a look at the immediate interests of his audience and how his work responded to them.
By:
G.B. Harrison Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 476g ISBN:9781138981775 ISBN 10: 113898177X Series:Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare in Performance Pages: 336 Publication Date:17 October 2016 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 1. The Upstart Crow 2. Education of a Dramatist 3. Experiments 4. The Passing of an Eclipse 5. Maturity 6. The New Comedy 7. The Globe 8. The Lost Leader 9. Tumultuous Interludes 10. The Tragedy of Hamlet 11. End of an Epoch. Commentary