Shakespeare at Work, 1592-1603 / Edition 1

by G.B. Harrison

Overview

Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years of Elizabeth’s reign. Originally published in 1933 and republished in 1958, this great work is an imagining, in plain narrative, of the life of Shakespeare backed with evidence of the history of the stage. Whatever wider significances modern critics distill from Shakespeare’s plays, it remains an elementary fact that he wrote plays to interest and entertain his contemporaries and this book takes a look at the immediate interests of his audience and how his work responded to them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138792708
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/10/2014
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare in Performance , #4
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface 1. The Upstart Crow 2. Education of a Dramatist 3. Experiments 4. The Passing of an Eclipse 5. Maturity 6. The New Comedy 7. The Globe 8. The Lost Leader 9. Tumultuous Interludes 10. The Tragedy of Hamlet 11. End of an Epoch. Commentary