| Description |
xvi, 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Subtitle from cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index. |
| Summary |
In this brilliant work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare's universe and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Inside the Wooden O -- England goes global -- Communion and conscience -- Snacking through Shakespeare -- Life without Elizabeth -- Swordplay and swagger -- Europe : triumphs of the past -- Ireland : failures in the present -- City life, urban strife -- New science, old magic -- Toil and trouble -- Treason and plots -- Sex and the city -- From London to Marrakesh -- Disguise and deception -- The flag that failed -- A time of change, a change of time -- Plague and the playhouse -- London becomes Rome -- The theatres of cruelty -- Shakespeare goes global. |
| Local Note |
AVONNFIC |
| Subject |
Material culture.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- England.
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England -- Antiquities.
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Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
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| Added Author |
British Museum.
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Royal Shakespeare Company.
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BBC Radio 4.
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| ISBN |
9780670026340 |
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0670026344 |
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