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Shakespeare : staging the world
- Title
- Shakespeare : staging the world / Jonathon Bate & Dora Thornton.
- Author
- Bate, Jonathan
- Publication
- London : British Museum Press, 2012.
- ©2012
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 17-255 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color); 25 cm
- Summary
- The playhouse and the role of playwright were relatively new phenomena during Shakespeares time, yet his audience spanned from royalty to the common man. This text shows what these audiences were finding out about the world through the eyes of the playwright Dora Thornton.
- Subjects
- Note
- "This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 19 July to 25 November 2012"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-285) and index.
- Contents
- London, circa 1612: world city -- 'Now am I in Arden?': country, county and custom -- 'Cry "God for Harry, England and Saint George!"' Kingship and the English nation -- 'Beware the Ides of March': the legacy of Rome -- 'A fair city ... populated with many people': Venice viewed from London -- The noble Moor -- 'For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft': the Scottish play -- The matter of Britain: past, present and future -- 'O brave new world that has such people in't' -- Legacy.
- Call Number
- JFF 17-255
- ISBN
- 9780714128283
- 0714128287
- 9780714128245
- 0714128244
- LCCN
- 2012451527
- OCLC
- 773429256
- Author
- Bate, Jonathan, author.
- Title
- Shakespeare : staging the world / Jonathon Bate & Dora Thornton.
- Publisher
- London : British Museum Press, 2012.
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-285) and index.
- Added Author
- Thornton, Dora, author.British Museum, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 17-255