Shakespeare's restless world / Neil MacGregor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2013]Copyright date: Description: xvi, 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780670026340 (hardcover)
  • 0670026344
Other title:
  • Jacket title: Shakespeare's restless world : a portrait of an era in twenty objects
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 942.05/5 23
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.
Summary: In this work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare's universe and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): MacGregor, Neil, 1946- Shakespeare's restless world.
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"The British Museum."

"BBC Radio 4."

Reprint. Originally published: London : Penguin, 2013.

In this work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare's universe and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.

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.

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