In this beautifully illustrated book, one of the most important and influential scholars of the Renaissance stage brings together essays that have changed the way we think about the age of Shakespeare. His subjects are varied and interconnected: the theatre as social phenomenon, the development of the stage as an architectural presence and a cultural institution, the changing use of setting and costume, the changing status of the acting profession, the complex relation of theatre to the political life of the age. Most of all, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the...
In this beautifully illustrated book, one of the most important and influential scholars of the Renaissance stage brings together essays that have cha...
Stephen Orgel's The Authentic Shakespeare, includes 15 essays in which the Renaissance and its dramas are re-examined. Orgel's writings on Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson and the English court both unpack the notions often taken for granted - the authority of text, character, playwright - and explore the relationship between the stage drama and the state drama.
Stephen Orgel's The Authentic Shakespeare, includes 15 essays in which the Renaissance and its dramas are re-examined. Orgel's writings on Shakespeare...
