The Shakespeare Company, 1594-1642

ISBN-13: 9780521172455 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 356 str.

Andrew Gurr

Opis

The first complete history of the theatre company in which Shakespeare acted and which staged all of his plays.

Recenzje

'Gurr doesn't explicitly say that the 'company versions' are better than that habitual overwriter Shakespeare's maximal versions. But the stakes in the argument are high – our vision of what we value most in Shakespeare, why we value it, and the notion of value itself. And so, in addition to being grateful to Gurr for the wealth of historical detail of Shakespeare's company, we are in debt to him for provoking anew this important argument.' The Wilson Quarterly

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The plan of 1594; 2. The company's work; 3. 'Will money buy 'em?': company finances; 4. 'Workes are playes': the public repertory; 5. Royal loyalties; 6. The afterlife; Appendix 1. The players; Appendix 2. Documents about the company; Appendix 3. The sharers' papers; Appendix 4. The repertory; Appendix 5. Surviving play-texts; Appendix 6. Court performances; Bibliography; Index.