Globe
Subtitle: life in Shakespeare's London
By: Catharine Arnold
Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781471125706
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History; Social life and customs; Theaters; Manners and customs; Théâtres; Londres
Description: The life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, was inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came of age and confronted triumph and tragedy. Triumph came when Shakespeare's company, the Chamberlain's Men, opened the Globe playhouse on Bankside in 1599, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I. Tragedy touched the lives of many of his contemporaries, from fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe to the disgraced Earl of Essex, while London struggled against the ever-present threat of riots, rebellions and outbreaks of plague.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: London, the flower of cities all; title: A fellowship of players; title: The first theatre in London; title: The upstart crow; title: The hollow crown; title: All the world's a stage; title: The great globe itself; title: Gunpowder, treason and plot; title: Chimes at midnight; title: The globe reborn.