Speeding up Shakespeare; studies of the bygone theatre and drama.
Publisher: B. Blom
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; Theater -- England -- History
Notes: First published in London in 1937.
Table of contents: title: Speeding up Shakespeare.; title: On the underrated genius of Dick Tarleton.; title: Some reflections on Shakespeare's dramaturgy.; title: Concerning To be or not to be.; title: The dedication of early English plays.; title: A quaint old playhouse trick.; title: The Elizabethan plotter.; title: Dekker's theatrical allusiveness and what it reveals.; title: Stage dummies.; title: The origin of bulls.; title: New facts from Sir Henry Herbert's office book.; title: Playwriting for love.; title: The folly of the gravedigger's waistcoats.