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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: MacGregor, Neil, 1946- Shakespeare's Restless World (OCoLC)855647533 |
Named Person: | William Shakespeare; Elizabeth, Queen of England; Elizabeth, Queen of England; William Shakespeare |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil MacGregor; British Museum.; Royal Shakespeare Company.; BBC Radio 4. |
ISBN: | 9781101638118 1101638117 9781846146763 1846146763 |
OCLC Number: | 859327640 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Contents: | Introduction: Inside the Wooden O -- England goes global -- Communion and conscience -- Snacking through Shakespeare -- Life without Elizabeth -- Swordplay and swagger -- Europe : triumphs of the past -- Ireland : failures in the present -- City life, urban strife -- New science, old magic -- Toil and trouble -- Treason and plots -- Sex and the city -- From London to Marrakesh -- Disguise and deception -- The flag that failed -- A time of change, a change of time -- Plague and the playhouse -- London becomes Rome -- The theatres of cruelty -- Shakespeare goes global. |
Responsibility: | Neil MacGregor. |
Abstract:
Shakespeare lived through a pivotal period in human history. What were Londoners thinking when they went to see Shakespeare's plays? What was it like living in their world? In this book, the author looks at twenty objects from Shakespeare's life and times, and uncovers the stories behind them.
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