Living with Shakespeare: Saint Helen's Parish, 1593-1598

ISBN-13: 9781474479721 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 512 str.

Geoffrey Marsh

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Acknowledgements; Introduction: 1593, The Theatre, Shakespeare, St. Helens, English and You; Part I. 1576, London, The Theatre and hunting for China; 1 1576, a starting point; 2 James Burbage plans his theatre - The Theatre; 3 Kick-starting the British Empire; Part II. The Theatre 1576-1598; 4 Mr. Burbage builds The Theatre; 5 Trouble at The Theatre; 6 The early years of The Theatre 1576-86; 7 The 1594 changes at The Theatre & Shakespeare’s new focus; Part III. The parish of St. Helens, Bishopsgate Street; 8 William Shakespeare and the parish of St. Helens; 9 Searching for Shakespeare’s lodgings in St. Helens; 10 What attracted Shakespeare to St. Helens?; Part IV. Life, death and religion in St. Helens; 11 St. Helens church – the anchor of the parish; 12 A walk around the interior of St. Helens church; 13 Dreaming of English exploration, trade, wealth, colonisation and empire; Part V. Shakespeare’s neighbours in St. Helens; 14 The radical doctors of St. Helens; 15 Dr. Peter Turner visits a patient at the Sign of The Horse Head Inn; 16 Lawyers, musicians, an antiquary and more; 17 St. Helens as a micro-cosmos – a theatre of London; Part VI. Bewitchment in London; 18 Witchcraft in Thames Street; 19 Mary Glover is bewitched in All Hallows-the-Less, Thames Street; 20 An exorcism in Shoreditch; Part VII. Coda - the advancement of English; 21 Honey or cane sugar?; Appendix. Detailed Documentation: Where did Shakespeare live in St. Helens and who might have been his landlord?; 1 Introduction; 2 What accommodation in St. Helens would have appealed to Shakespeare?; 3 Identifying the location of Shakespeare’s residence(s); 4 When did Shakespeare leave St. Helens?; 5 Who was John Pryn, Pryne, Prynne, Pryme, Prymme?; 6 Who was John Hatton?; 7 Three scrivenersand more? Who were Thomas Wrightson, John Harvey and Israel Jorden, Jordan, Jordaine, Jordayne, Jurden?; 8 Who were John, Antonia and Katherine Jeffrey – immigrant embroiderers?; 9 Some other residents of St. Helens in the 1580s/90s; Bibliography; Index.