Shakespeare's restless world
Title:
Shakespeare's restless world
JLCTITLE245:
Neil MacGregor.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Viking, [2013]
Physical Description:
xvi, 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780670026340
General Note:
"The British Museum."
"BBC Radio 4."
Reprint. Originally published: London : Penguin, 2013.
Abstract:
In this work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare's universe and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.
Added Corporate Author:
Supplement/Special Entry:
Reproduction of (manifestation): MacGregor, Neil, 1946- Shakespeare's restless world. London : Penguin, 2013 9780718195700 (OCoLC)822959245
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.