[PDF] The Organisation And Personnel Of The Shakespearean Company eBook

Author : Andrew Gurr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2004-04-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521807302

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This is the first complete history of the theater company in which Shakespeare acted and which staged all his plays. Created in 1594, the company became the King's Men in 1603 and ran for forty-eight years up to the closure of 1642. Andrew Gurr provides a study of the company's activities, explores its social role in its time and examines its repertoire of plays. This comprehensive illustrated history will be an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to know more about the conditions under which Shakespeare and his successors worked.

Author : Ian Wilson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 1999-01-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780312200053

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This book takes on all of the famous Shakespearean debates, from whether or not Shakespeare actually wrote his plays to speculation regarding his sexuality to the mysterious curse he set upon his own grave. - Publisher.

Author : John Bate
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 2014-05-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1483138410

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How to Find Out About Shakespeare serves as a guide to the study of the poetry and plays of William Shakespeare. This book provides information on Shakespeare's life, his work, and the society in which he lived. Organized into 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of England in which Shakespeare lived to develop a sense of his times, the ideas, as well as the social and political tension of England. This text then discusses the events of his life as well as the doubts that have been cast on his very existence. Other chapters look at the theater in which he earned his living and won his fame. This book discusses as well the literary criticism of his work, followed by a selection of special subjects and themes as dealt with by Shakespeare. The final chapter explains the main bibliographical tools for the study of Shakespeare. This book is a valuable resource for teachers, students, and librarians.

Author : Simon Palfrey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 29,3 MB
Release : 2007-09-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0199272050

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A truly groundbreaking collaboration of original theatre history with exciting literary criticism, Shakespeare in Parts is the first book fully to explore the original form in which Shakespeare's drama overwhelmingly circulated. This was not the full play-text; it was not the public performance. It was the actor's part, consisting of the bare cues and speeches of each individual role. With group rehearsals rare or non-existent, the cued part alone had to furnish the actor with his character. But each such part-text was riddled with gaps and uncertainties. The actor knew what he was going to say, but not necessarily when, or why, or to whom; he may have known next to nothing of any other part. Starting with a comprehensive history of the part in early modern theatre, Simon Palfrey and Tiffany Stern's work provides a unique keyhole onto hitherto forgotten practices and techniques. It not only discovers a newly active, choice-ridden actor, but a new Shakespeare.

Author : Andrew Gurr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,44 MB
Release : 1992-01-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521422406

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The only authoritative, one-volume book to describe all the main features of the original staging of Shakespearean drama.