Shakespeare's restless world
Subtitle: a portrait of an era
By: Neil MacGregor
Contributors: British Museum; Royal Shakespeare Company; BBC Radio 4
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780143125945
Subjects: Miscellanea; Criticism and interpretation; Characters; Material culture; History; Excavations (Archaeology); English literature; History and criticism; Antiquities; Civilization; Intellectual life; Social conditions; Characters and characteristics; Early modern
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Inside the Wooden O; title: England goes global; title: Communion and conscience; title: Snacking through Shakespeare; title: Life without Elizabeth; title: Swordplay and swagger; title: Europe : triumphs of the past; title: Ireland : failures in the present; title: City life, urban strife; title: New science, old magic; title: Toil and trouble; title: Treason and plots; title: Sex and the city; title: From London to Marrakesh; title: Disguise and deception; title: The flag that failed; title: A time of change, a change of time; title: Plague and the playhouse; title: London becomes Rome; title: The theatres of cruelty; title: Shakespeare goes global.