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9781107402485: Work and Play on the Shakespearean Stage
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ISBN 10: 1107402484 ISBN 13: 9781107402485
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Sinossi

This book examines the way work was depicted on the English stage by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

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Descrizione del libro

Focusing on plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Dekker, Heywood, and others, this book examines the way work was depicted on the English stage between 1590 and 1611. It describes changing beliefs about work in the sixteenth century, and identifies important contrasts between plays written for the adult and child repertories.

Contenuti

Introduction; 1. Work in sixteenth-century England; 2. 'Vpon the weke daies and worke daies at conuenient times': acting as work in Elizabethan England; 3. 'Though he be a king, yet he must labour': work and nobility in Shakespeare's histories; 4. 'We may shut vp our shops, and make holiday': workers and playhouses, 1599–1601; 5. 'Work upon that now!': labour and status on the stage, 1599–1610; Conclusion.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1107402484
ISBN 13 
9781107402485
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
216
Contatto del produttore
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