Wooden Os
Subtitle: Shakespeare's Theatres and England's Trees
Publisher: University of Toronto Press; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781442646001
Subjects: Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation; English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600; Deforestation; Building, wooden; Theater, great britain, history
Description: "Wooden Os is a study of the presence of trees and wood in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries--in plays set within forests, in character dialogue, and in props and theatre constructions. Vin Nardizzi connects these themes to the dependence, and surprising ecological impact, of London's commercial theatre industry on England's woodlands, the primary resource required to build all structures in early modern England."--Dust jacket.