Download or read book Shakespeare s London Theatreland written by Julian Bowsher and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In relation to the latest archaeological evidence Bowsher sets out the rich dramatic history of London theatrical venues from 1567 to 1642, detailing the builders, actors, playwrights and audiences: what they wore and ate, where they drank and fought, where they lived and died. He includes illustrations, quotes, jokes, and guides to walks.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Theatre written by Peter Thomson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews of the First Edition `...valuable and enjoyable reading for all studying Shakespeare's plays.' Following in the patternestablished by John Russell Brown for the excellent series (Theatre and Production Studies), he provides first an account of Shakespeare's company, then a study of three individual plays Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Macbeth as performed by the company. Peter Thomson writes in a crisp, sharp, enlivening style.' TLS '`...the best analysis yet of Elizabethan acting practices, excavated form the texts themselves rather than reconstructed on basis of one monolithic theory, and an essay on Hamlet that is a model of Critical intelligence and theatrical invention.' Yearbook of English Studies `Synthesizes the important facts and summarizes projects with a vigorous prose style, and expertly applies his experience in both practical drama and academic teaching to his discussion.' Review of English Studies
Download or read book Playgoing in Shakespeare s London written by Andrew Gurr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-19 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of the people for whom Shakespeare wrote his plays. Gurr assembles all the evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical structure of the different types of playhouse, the services provided in the auditorium, the cost of a ticket and a cushion, the size of the crowds, the smells, the pickpockets, and the collective feelings generated by the plays. Since 1987 there have been many new discoveries about Shakespeare's theatres. Gurr introduces fresh evidence about the experience of attending a play in Shakespeare's time, adds more than thirty new entries to his account of the early playgoers and provides a select bibliography.
Download or read book Shakespeare in the London Theatre 1855 58 written by Theodor Fontane and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Guide to Shakespearean London Theatres written by Peter Sillitoe and published by Exhibit A. This book was released on 2013 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare and the Stage written by Maurice Jonas and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare s Theatre and the Dramatic Tradition written by Louis Booker Wright and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a brief discussion about the characteristics of William Shakespeare's stages, the history of Elizabethan theaters, the physical conditions of the stage, the composition of the companies of actors, the influence of the physical nature of the stage upon the quality of the drama, and many other related topics. The plays of Shakespeare during his lifetime were performed on stages in private theaters, provincial theaters, and playhouses. His plays were acted out in the yards of bawdy inns and in the great halls of the London inns of court. Although the Globe is certainly the most well known of all the Renaissance stages associated with Shakespeare and is rightfully the primary focus of discussion, this work includes a brief introduction to some of the other Elizabethan theaters of the time in order to provide a more complete picture of the world in which Shakespeare lived and worked.
Download or read book Shakespeare and His Theatre written by Gerald Eades Bentley and published by Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1964 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare and London written by Duncan Salkeld and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stratford made the man, but London made the phenomenon that is Shakespeare. This volume takes an historical approach to Shakespeare's connections with London. It explores Stratford's various links with the capital, significant locations for Shakespeare's work, people with whom he associated, his resistance to pressure from the City authorities, and the cultural diversity of early modern London. Among many aspects of his life in the City and its environs, it covers the playhouses in Shoreditch, his associations with Bishopsgate, his brother Edmund's residence on Bankside, and elements of London life that went into the making of Falstaff. Being 'forest born', he was always an outsider and could never have been, or felt, accepted as a citizen. We find him repeatedly a sojourner in the City, on the move. His home and family lay in Stratford. Despite his success in the capital, we might almost imagine him to have been a reluctant Londoner. Shakespeare and London draws on a range of documentary sources including City parish registers, county sessions records and the archives of London's Bridewell Hospital. It sets out details about those who inhabited Shakespeare's milieu, or played some part in shaping his writing and acting career. This volume is Ideal reading for undergraduates, graduates, and specialists of Shakespeare studies.
Download or read book Theatreland written by Paul Ibell and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Ibell's Theatreland combines historical narrative with a unique exploration of how London's theatre works today.
Download or read book Shakespeare at the Globe written by David Baird and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a celebration of the recently r econstructed Globe Theatre, made famous by a great literary figure, William Shakespeare. It includes fascinating facts a bout his life and works, and the projects to rebuild the Glo be Theatre. '
Download or read book Shakespeare and the Theatre written by Jane Shuter and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the only known purpose-built theatres in Shakespeare's England were in London and Bristol? Or that only boys and men could become actors? This fascinating book outlines the world of the theatre in which William Shakespeare wrote and did business, from outdoor and indoor theatres and the life of an actor and touring, to how plays were written, funded, and staged.
Download or read book Shakespeare and His Theatre written by John Russell Brown and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 1982 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes what we now believe Shakespeare's Globe Theatre was like, who the people were who ran it and how they worked, and what Shakespeare's plays were like in performance, as he saw them.
Download or read book Shakespeare in the Theatre Peter Hall written by Stuart Hampton-Reeves and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Hall (1930–2017) is one of the most influential directors of Shakespeare's plays in the modern age. Under his direction, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre rediscovered Shakespeare as a writer who could comment incisively on the modern world. Productions such as Coriolanus, The Wars of the Roses and Hamlet established his reputation as a director able to bring Shakespeare to the heart of contemporary politics. He later cemented his reputation with epic productions of Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra at the National. With the Peter Hall Company, Hall continued to work intensively on Shakespeare, directing plays in the UK and America. Reviewing Hall's work in its cultural and creative context, this study explores his approach to directing and rehearsal. This is the first book to analyse all of Hall's professional Shakespeare productions in a historical context, from the Suez crisis to the 9/11 attacks and beyond.
Download or read book Welcome to the Globe written by Peter Chrisp and published by DK Children. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Various characters, including a waterman, an actor, a gallant, and an apple seller, from Shakespeare's London describe the Globe Theatre from their own perspective.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Theatre written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how the pagan festivals and religious dramas performed throughout England evolved into the professional theaters, such as the Globe, in London.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Workplace written by Andrew Gurr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Gurr's work offers the best access to the original Shakespearean theatre. This is a selection of his key essays.
