| Edition |
Pbk. ed. |
| Description |
vi, 328 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references [pages 280-319] and index. |
| Contents |
The invisible man -- Killing the calf -- The apprentice -- Admiral's man -- The rose, 1592 -- The player poet -- Chamberlain's man -- He that plays the king -- The Globe, 1599-1601 -- Travelling man -- King's man -- Blackfriars -- The Man Shakespeare -- Appendix A: Recollections of Marlowe, Kyd and Peele in Shakespeare's early plays -- Appendix B: Conjectural programme of performances of 'harey the vi' at the Rose in 1592/3 -- Appendix C: Correspondences in word, image or thought between Shakespeare's plays of 1593/4 and the Sonnets -- Appendix D: Conjectural doubling plots for Romeo and Juliet, Henry Vand Troilus and Cressida. |
| Summary |
This volume provides a "much-needed" view of Shakespeare as a playwright, player, and shareholder in a popular theater, revealing how each of these roles influenced the others. The author gives valuable insight into the actor's craft and creates plausible arguments for how specific plays would have been performed and which roles Shakespeare himself may have played. While many academics have seen Shakespeare's career as an actor as a short aberration or an embarrassment, this author glories in the power and vitality of the Elizabethan stage, showing how the theater influenced the structure, subject, and construction of Shakespeare's plays. This work gives the reader a greater understanding of the plays as dramatic productions intended to be seen and heard rather than simply as literary works to be read. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Relations with actors.
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Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
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Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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| ISBN |
0750930608 (paperback) |
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9780750930604 (paperback) |
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