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Author Montrose, Louis Adrian.

Title The purpose of playing : Shakespeare and the cultural politics of the Elizabethan theatre / Louis Montrose.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  792.0942 S527M    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 227 pages ; 23 cm
Contents pt. 1. Drama, Theatre, Society, and the State: Form and Pressure. I. The Reformation of Playing. II. A Theatre of Changes. III. Anatomies of Playing. IV. The Theatre, the City, and the Crown. V. From the Stage to the State. VI. The Power of Personation. VII. The Cross-Purposes of Playing -- pt. 2. The Shaping Fantasies of A Midsummer Night's Dream. VIII. The Discord of This Concord. IX. Stories of the Night. X. The Imperial Votaress. XI. Bottom's Dream -- Epilogue: A Kingdom of Shadows.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
Theater -- Political aspects -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Theater and society -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Political plays, English -- History and criticism.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
ISBN 0226534820 cloth alkaline paper
0226534839 paperback alkaline paper
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