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Shakespeare's restless world, Neil MacGregor

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Shakespeare's restless world, Neil MacGregor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shakespeare's restless world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

855647533

Responsibility statement

Neil MacGregor

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

Table Of 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

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Shakespeare's restless world, a portrait of an era in twenty objects

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