Shakespeare S London

Author : David M. Bergeron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1526115468

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Shakespeare's London 1613 by David M. Bergeron Pdf

Shakespeare's London 1613 offers for the first time a comprehensive "biography" of this crucial year in English history. This book examines political and cultural life in London, including the Jacobean court and the city, which together witnessed an exceptional outpouring of culturalexperiences and transformative political events. The royal family had to confront the sudden death of Prince Henry, heir apparent to the throne, which provoked unparalleled grief. An unprecedented number of plays performed at court helped move the country away from sadness to the happy occasion ofPrincess Elizabeth's marriage to a German prince. Shakespeare's plays dominated London's cultural landscape, diminished by the Globe Theatre's destruction in June. Other playwrights, writers, and printers produced an extraordinary number of books. Shakespeare for the first time purchased property in London. Clearly, court and city intersectedregularly, adding vitality to both.

Author : Liza Picard
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780226507

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Elizabeth's London by Liza Picard Pdf

'Reading this book is like taking a ride on a marvellously exhilarating time-machine, alive with colour, surprise and sheer merriment' Jan Morris Elizabethan London reveals the practical details of everyday life so often ignored in conventional history books. It begins with the River Thames, the lifeblood of Elizabethan London, before turning to the streets and the traffic in them. Liza Picard surveys building methods and shows us the interior decor of the rich and the not-so-rich, and what they were likely to be growing in their gardens. Then the Londoners of the time take the stage, in all their amazing finery. Plague, smallpox and other diseases afflicted them. But food and drink, sex and marriage and family life provided comfort. Cares could be forgotten in a playhouse or the bull-baiting of bear-baiting rings, or watching a good cockfight. Liza Picard's wonderfully skilful and vivid evocation of the London of Elizabeth I enables us to share the delights, as well as the horrors, of the everyday lives of our sixteenth-century ancestors.

Author : Andrew Gurr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521543223

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Playgoing in Shakespeare's London by Andrew Gurr Pdf

A newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of playgoing in Shakespeare's time.

Author : Marchette Chute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Dramatists, English
ISBN : OCLC:1036860348

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Shakespeare of London by Marchette Chute Pdf

Author : Catharine Arnold
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781471125713

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Globe by Catharine Arnold Pdf

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 : Charles Nicholl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141911878

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The Lodger by Charles Nicholl Pdf

In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster – it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine – a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry – but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist’s famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare’s life. Marshalling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as Othello, Measure for Measure and King Lear.

Author : Julian Bowsher
Publisher : Mola (Museum of London Archaeology)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1907586121

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Shakespeare's London Theatreland by Julian Bowsher Pdf

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.

Author : Stephen Porter
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781445609317

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Shakespeare's London by Stephen Porter Pdf

Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city.

Author : Katherine Scheil
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781789202571

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Shakespeare and Stratford by Katherine Scheil Pdf

As the site of literary pilgrimage since the eighteenth century, the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the topic of hundreds of imaginary portrayals, Stratford is ripe for analysis, both in terms of its factual existence and its fictional afterlife. The essays in this volume consider the various manifestations of the physical and metaphorical town on the Avon, across time, genre and place, from America to New Zealand, from children’s literature to wartime commemorations. We meet many Stratfords in this collection, real and imaginary, and the interplay between the two generates new visions of the place.

Author : Thomas Fairman Ordish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : London (England)
ISBN : UCAL:$B272511

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Shakespeare's London by Thomas Fairman Ordish Pdf

Author : Richard Tames
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780500287934

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Shakespeare's London On Five Groats a Day by Richard Tames Pdf

This fact-packed guide provides all the practical advice a tourist needs to travel back four centuries to explore the booming city of London. London is big and can be baffling, but don’t worry if you don’t know a buskin from a firkin. This is the book to put you right – how to read up in advance, how to get there, settle in and keep safe on the streets, how to meet the people and find out the famous. Saunter over London Bridge with its dozens of shops and houses. Wonder at Whitehall, Europe’s largest palace. Revere the tombs of kings in Westminster Abbey. Tour the Tower of London – an archive, armoury, mint, menagerie, prison and jewel house all in one building. Watch the finest plays and players at the Rose Theatre and marvel at the bustle of business in the Royal Exchange. Go down to Greenwich to stand on the deck of the Golden Hind, the ship that sailed round the world. London is the magnet for the talents of a nation stirring to greatness. Shakespeare bestrides the stage. At Elizabeth’s dazzling court Ralegh and Essex are rivals for her favour. From the shadows Dr Dee, mathematician and magician, proffers secret counsel to the Queen. T&H picture researchers Sally Paley and Alice Foster won the Longman-History Today award 2010 for Historical Picture Researcher of the Year for their work on Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day.

Author : Duncan Salkeld
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198709947

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Shakespeare and London by Duncan Salkeld Pdf

This book presents new research about Shakespeare's connections with London. Stratford made the man, but London made the phenomenon that is Shakespeare. This book explores Stratford's established links with the capital and seeks to acknowledge those who inhabited Shakespeare's milieu, or played some part in shaping his writing and acting career.

Author : David Thomas
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473881525

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A Visitor's Guide to Shakespeare's London by David Thomas Pdf

A fresh and colorful look at Shakespeare’s London published on the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. In A Visitor’s Guide to Shakespeare’s London, readers can explore the streets of Shakespeare’s London and see the sights he saw, while learning how people ate, drank, misbehaved, and had fun. You will discover what it was like to be a tourist in the sixteenth century from the voices of people who came to London during Shakespeare’s day. You will travel with them to the major tourist sights and will learn how to get about, where to stay and what to eat and drink. You will visit the royal palaces, London’s famous gardens, the Tower of London and Old St Paul’s Cathedral. You will discover the pleasure of London’s theaters, the sports people played and the shopping they enjoyed. As now, London was famous as a shopping destination. But beware, London is full of people who will pick your pockets or trick you out of your money and you are constantly at risk from the plague or even the polluted water supply. Most of the London Shakespeare knew has been destroyed by fire, war and developers, but a surprising number of buildings and places he knew still survive. The book contains guided tours that allow you to sample the atmosphere and see the sights Tudor tourists enjoyed. This title will appeal to Shakespeare lovers, social history fans, fiction and drama lovers, students, and anyone with an interest in this fascinating era of London’s history.

Author : Henry Thew Stephenson
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1341291227

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Shakespeare's London by Henry Thew Stephenson Pdf

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Author : Arthur Acheson
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465588234

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Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson Pdf