Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN: 9780753711781
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
The complete illustrated works of William Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN: 9780753711781
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
The Guild and Guild Buildings of Shakespeare's Stratford
Author: Professor J R MulrynePublisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409473155
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The guild buildings of Shakespeare’s Stratford represent a rare instance of a largely unchanged set of buildings which draw together the threads of the town’s civic life. With its multi-disciplinary perspectives on this remarkable group of buildings, this volume provides a comprehensive account of the religious, educational, legal, social and theatrical history of Stratford, focusing on the sixteenth century and Tudor Reformation. The essays interweave with one another to provide a map of the complex relationships between the buildings and their history. Opening with an investigation of the Guildhall, which served as the headquarters of the Guild of the Holy Cross until the Tudor Reformation, the book explores the building’s function as a centre of local government and community law and as a place of entertainment and education. It is beyond serious doubt that Shakespeare was a school boy here, and the many visits to the Guildhall by professional touring players during the latter half of the sixteenth-century may have prompted his acting and playwriting career. The Guildhall continues to this day to house a school for the education of secondary-level boys. The book considers educational provision during the mid sixteenth century as well as examining the interaction between touring players and the everyday politics and social life of Stratford. At the heart of the volume is archaeological and documentary research which uses up-to-date analysis and new dendrochronological investigations to interpret the buildings and their medieval wall paintings as well as proposing a possible location of the school before it transferred to the Guildhall. Together with extensive archival research into the town’s Court of Record which throws light on the commercial and social activities of the period, this rich body of research brings us closer to life as it was lived in Shakespeare’s Stratford.
Richard III
Author: William ShakespeareThe Best Brothers
Author: Daniel MacIvorPublisher:
ISBN: 9781770911567
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Stratford Gallery
Author: Henrietta Lee PalmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The Shakespeare Circle
Author: Paul EdmondsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110705432X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
This collection tells the life stories of the people whom we know Shakespeare encountered, shedding new light on Shakespeare's life and times.
The RSC Shakespeare Toolkit for Teachers
Author: Royal Shakespeare CompanyPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 147251548X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Developed by one of the world's leading theatre companies, this resource offers teachers a practical drama-based approach to teaching and appreciating three of Shakespeare's most popular plays: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.Drama-based exploration of the text for pupilsTeacher's notes and photocopiable worksheets for a lesson-by-lesson routeAlso works as a dip in resourceFlexible ideas for use with current teachingMapped to KS3 Framework for English and KS2 Primary Framework for LiteracyCD contains printable digital versions
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Author: William ShakespeareAll's Well That Ends Well Annotated
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Set in France and Italy, All's Well That Ends Well is a story of one-sided romance, based on a tale from Boccaccio's The Decameron. Helen, orphaned daughter of a doctor, is under the protection of the widowed Countess of Rossillion. In love with Bertram, the countess' son, Helen follows him to court, where she cures the sick French king of an apparently fatal illness. The king rewards Helen by offering her the husband of her choice. She names Bertram; he resists. When forced by the king to marry her, he refuses to sleep with her and, accompanied by the braggart Parolles, leaves for the Italian wars. He says that he will only accept Helen if she obtains a ring from his finger and becomes pregnant with his child. She goes to Italy disguised as a pilgrim and suggests a 'bed trick' whereby she will take the place of Diana, a widow's daughter whom Bertram is trying to seduce. A 'kidnapping trick' humiliates the boastful Parolles, whilst the bed trick enables Helen to fulfil Bertram's conditions, leaving him no option but to marry her, to his mother's delight.
Rough Magic
Author: Steven AdlerPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809323760
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Broadway stage manager, director, and teacher Steven Adler discusses the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). During six years of research, Adler attended more than 40 RSC productions. The text is based largely upon interviews with more than 60 members of the Company, including actors, directors, stagehands, designers, producers, stage managers, craftspeople, and administrators. Coverage includes theater facilities, budgeting, producing, directing, designing, and acting. c. Book News Inc.