Shakespeare S Globe Theater

Author : J. R. Mulryne,Margaret Shewring,Andrew Gurr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997-06-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0521599881

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Shakespeare's Globe Rebuilt by J. R. Mulryne,Margaret Shewring,Andrew Gurr Pdf

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 : Daniel Hahn,Rosemary Linnell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 095364801X

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Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition by Daniel Hahn,Rosemary Linnell Pdf

Author : Toby Forward
Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Theater
ISBN : 0763626945

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Shakespeare's Globe by Toby Forward Pdf

In the present tense, tells of the times during which the Globe Theatre was built and gives its history; includes a pop-up theater, punch-out characters to use in it, and two booklets of scenes from Shakespeare's plays.

Author : Peter Thomson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136113567

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Shakespeare's Theatre by Peter Thomson Pdf

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

Author : David Robson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Theaters
ISBN : 1601525435

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Shakespeare's Globe Theater by David Robson Pdf

Information about the theater where Shakespeare's plays were first staged, and one of the most famous theaters in history.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BNC:1000084356

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Henry VIII by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Aliki
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780064437226

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William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki Pdf

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 : Stephen Purcell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781472581716

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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe by Stephen Purcell Pdf

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Experiment and Reaction -- Chapter 2: Performing Gender -- Chapter 3: Masters of Play: Directing at the Globe -- Chapter 4: Shared Experiences -- Chapter 5: Global Politics / Global Products -- Chapter 6: Rylance the Performer -- Epilogue: Legacy and Return -- Select Bibliography -- Chronology -- Index

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465587817

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The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare Pdf

New Playes, and Maydenheads, are neare a kin, Much follow'd both, for both much mony g'yn, If they stand sound, and well: And a good Play (Whose modest Sceanes blush on his marriage day, And shake to loose his honour) is like hir That after holy Tye and first nights stir Yet still is Modestie, and still retaines More of the maid to sight, than Husbands paines; We pray our Play may be so; For I am sure It has a noble Breeder, and a pure, A learned, and a Poet never went More famous yet twixt Po and silver Trent: Chaucer (of all admir'd) the Story gives, There constant to Eternity it lives. If we let fall the Noblenesse of this, And the first sound this child heare, be a hisse, How will it shake the bones of that good man, And make him cry from under ground, 'O fan From me the witles chaffe of such a wrighter That blastes my Bayes, and my fam'd workes makes lighter Then Robin Hood!' This is the feare we bring; For to say Truth, it were an endlesse thing, And too ambitious, to aspire to him, Weake as we are, and almost breathlesse swim In this deepe water. Do but you hold out Your helping hands, and we shall take about, And something doe to save us: You shall heare Sceanes, though below his Art, may yet appeare Worth two houres travell. To his bones sweet sleepe: Content to you. If this play doe not keepe A little dull time from us, we perceave Our losses fall so thicke, we must needs leave.

Author : Richard Dutton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118939321

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Shakespeare's Theatre: A History by Richard Dutton Pdf

Shakespeare’s Theatre: A History examines the theatre spaces used by William Shakespeare, and explores these spaces in relation to the social and political framework of the Elizabethan era. The text journeys from the performing spaces of the provincial inns, guild halls and houses of the gentry of the Bard’s early career, to the purpose-built outdoor playhouses of London, including the Globe, the Theatre, and the Curtain, and the royal courts of Elizabeth and James I. The author also discusses the players for whom Shakespeare wrote, and the positioning—or dispositioning—of audience members in relation to the stage. Widely and deeply researched, this fascinating volume is the first to draw on the most recent archaeological work on the remains of the Rose and the Globe, as well as continuing publications from the Records of Early English Drama project. The book also explores the contentious view that the ‘plot’ of The Seven Deadly Sins (part II), provides unprecedented insight into the working practices of Shakespeare’s company and includes a complete and modernized version of the ‘plot’. Throughout, the author relates the practicalities of early modern playing to the evolving systems of aristocratic patronage and royal licensing within which they developed Insightful and engaging, Shakespeare’s Theatre is ideal reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars of literature and theatre studies.

Author : Anne Terry White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B105937

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Will Shakespeare and the Globe Theater by Anne Terry White Pdf

Not heeding the advice of a wiser man, Will Shakespeare came to London and stayed for twenty-five years, writing plays that have become our classics.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1810
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044018947523

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As You Like it by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Stephen T. Sohmer
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Calendar
ISBN : 0719055660

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Shakespeare's Mystery Play by Stephen T. Sohmer Pdf

Through considerable detective work, this work sets out to show that Julius Caeser was the first play performed at the new Globe Theatre on 12 June 1599. Drawing on many areas of expertise, which are rarely allied in Shakespeare scholarship to such an extent, including biblical, liturgical, social and theatrical history, the author sheds new light not only on Julius Caeser but on a variety of accepted beliefs. These include: why Hamlet was not crowned king when his father died; why Brutus would not swear to murder Caeser; why the Elizabethan authorities retained the Julian calender; and why the orthodox dates of the first composition of both Twelfth Night and Hamlet can be called into question.

Author : Barry Day
Publisher : Limelight
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCSD:31822023052509

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This Wooden 'O' by Barry Day Pdf

The story of one man's dream fulfilled, This Wooden "O" tells of American actor Sam Wanamake's efforts to reconstruct Shakespeare's Globe Theater. "A tale of intrigue and bitter rivalry, it reads more like a political thriller than a slice of recent theatrical history." -Time Out (London) "...an extraordinary document of human endeavor. When I got to the final pages I found there were tears running down my face." -Rosemary Harris

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1616002190

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare Pdf