Speeding up Shakespeare
Subtitle: studies of the bygone theatre and drama
By: by W. J. Lawrence.
Publisher: The Argonaut Press
Published: 1937
Place of publication: London
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 -- 16th century.
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 illusiveness 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.