Shakespeare's mystery play
Subtitle: the opening of the Globe Theatre 1599
By: Steve Sohmer.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Manchester, U.K; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- England -- London.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Chronology.; Caesar, Julius -- In literature.; Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644); Calendar -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Calendar in literature.; Rome -- In literature.
Description: "An often ingenious and surprising work, Shakespeare's Mystery play sets out to show that Julius Caesar was the first play performed at the new Globe Theatre on 12 June 1599. Steve Sohmer draws on areas of expertise which are rarely allied in Shakespeare scholarship and throws new light, not only on Julius Caesar, but on Hamlet, Twelfth Night and a variety of accepted beliefs. The considerable detective work invested in researching astrological, astronomical, calendrical, historical and even hydrological data, is lucidly marshalled."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-286) and index.