[PDF] Rebuilding Shakespeares Globe eBook

Author : J. R. Mulryne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 1997-06-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521599887

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The rebuilding of the Globe theatre (1599-1613) on London's Bankside, a few yards from the site of the playhouse in which many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed, must rank as one of the most imaginative enterprises of recent decades. It has aroused intense interest among scholars and the general public worldwide. This book offers a fully illustrated account of the research that has gone into the Globe reconstruction, drawing on the work of leading scholars, theatre people and craftsmen to provide an authoritative view of the twenty years of research and the hundreds of practical decisions entailed. Documents of the period are explored afresh; the techniques of timber-framed building and the decorative practices of Elizabethan craftsmen explained; and all of this reconciled with the requirements of the actors and restrictions of modern architectural design. The result is a book that will fascinate scholarly readers and laymen alike.

Author : Andrew Gurr
Publisher : New York : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 29,59 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Performing Arts
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Describes the recent undertaking to rebuild the Globe theater in London and the intense research required for the search for the "real" Globe.

Author : J. R. Mulryne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 33,75 MB
Release : 1997-06-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521599887

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The rebuilding of the Globe theatre (1599-1613) on London's Bankside, a few yards from the site of the playhouse in which many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed, must rank as one of the most imaginative enterprises of recent decades. It has aroused intense interest among scholars and the general public worldwide. This book offers a fully illustrated account of the research that has gone into the Globe reconstruction, drawing on the work of leading scholars, theatre people and craftsmen to provide an authoritative view of the twenty years of research and the hundreds of practical decisions entailed. Documents of the period are explored afresh; the techniques of timber-framed building and the decorative practices of Elizabethan craftsmen explained; and all of this reconciled with the requirements of the actors and restrictions of modern architectural design. The result is a book that will fascinate scholarly readers and laymen alike.

Author : Aliki
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 48,36 MB
Release : 2000-08-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0064437221

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From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night′s Dream, Shakespeare′s celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare′s world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater. Ages 8+

Author : Francis Reid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1135868212

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The Stage Lighting Handbook is well established as the classic practical lighting guide. The book explains the process of designing lighting for all forms of stage production and describes the equipment used. This new edition includes up-to-date information on new equipment and discusses its impact on working methods.

Author : Amy Allison
Publisher : Greenhaven Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,15 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781560065265

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This book discusses the history of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

Author : Catharine Arnold
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 23,96 MB
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1471125718

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The life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, was inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came of age and confronted triumph and tragedy. Triumph came when Shakespeare's company, the Chamberlain's Men, opened the Globe playhouse on Bankside in 1599, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I. Tragedy touched the lives of many of his contemporaries, from fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe to the disgraced Earl of Essex, while London struggled against the ever-present threat of riots, rebellions and outbreaks of plague. Globetakes its readers on a tour of London through Shakespeare's life and work. In fascinating detail, Catharine Arnold tells how acting came of age, how troupes of touring players were transformed from scruffy vagabonds into the finely-dressed 'strutters' of the Globe itself. We learn about James Burbage, founder of the original Theatre, in Shoreditch, who carried timbers across the Thames to build the Globe among the bear-gardens and brothels of Bankside. And of the terrible night in 1613 when the theatre caught fire during a performance of King Henry VIII. Rebuilt once more, the Globe continued to stand as a monument to Shakespeare's genius until 1642 when it was destroyed on the orders of Oliver Cromwell. And finally we learn how 300 years later, Shakespeare's Globe opened once more upon the Bankside, to great acclaim, rising like a phoenix from the flames. Arnold creates a vivid portrait of Shakespeare and his London from the bard's own plays and contemporary sources, combining a novelist's eye for detail with a historian's grasp of his unique contribution to the development of the English theatre. This is a portrait of Shakespeare, London, the man and the myth.

Author : Andrew Gurr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107040639

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This book examines the conditions of the original performances in seventeenth-century indoor theatres.