Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King's Men

Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King's Men
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9781474262620
ISBN-13 : 1474262627
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King's Men by : Lucy Munro

Download or read book Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King's Men written by Lucy Munro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created when James I granted royal patronage to the former Chamberlain's Men in 1603, the King's Men were the first playing company to exercise a transformative influence on Shakespeare's plays. Not only did Shakespeare write his plays with them in mind, but they were also the first group to revive his plays, and the first to have them revised, either by Shakespeare himself or by other dramatists after his retirement. Drawing on theatre history, performance studies, cultural history and book history, Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King's Men reappraises the company as theatre artists, analysing in detail the performance practices, cultural contexts and political pressures that helped to shape and reshape Shakespeare's plays between 1603 and 1642. Reconsidering casting and acting styles, staging and playing venues, audience response, influence and popularity, and local, national and international politics, the book presents case-studies of performances of Macbeth, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Richard II, Henry VIII, Othello and Pericles alongside a broader reappraisal of the repertory of the company and the place of Shakespeare's plays within it.

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