Shakespeare's restless world /

Shakespeare's restless world /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacGregor, Neil, 1946-
Corporate Authors: British Museum, BBC Radio 4.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2012.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge and learning.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Miscellanea.
England > Social conditions > 16th century.
England > Social conditions > 17th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : inside the wooden O
  • England goes global
  • Communion and conscience
  • Snacking through Shakespeare
  • Life without Elizabeth
  • Swordplay and swagger
  • Europe : triumphs of the past
  • Ireland : failures in the present
  • City life, urban strife
  • New science, old magic
  • Toil and trouble
  • Treason and plots
  • Sex and the city
  • From London to Marrakesh
  • Disguise and deception
  • The flag that failed
  • A time of change, a change of time
  • Plague and the playhouse
  • London becomes Rome
  • The theatres of cruelty
  • Shakespeare goes global.