Shakespeare's restless world /
MacGregor, Neil, 1946-
Shakespeare's restless world / Neil MacGregor. - xvi, 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
"The British Museum." "BBC Radio 4."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.
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.
In this brilliant 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.
9780670026340 (hbk.) 0670026344 (hbk.)
2014412281
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Characters.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Material culture.
Excavations (Archaeology)--England.
England--Antiquities.
Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.
PR2910 / .M27 2012
822.33 MAC
Shakespeare's restless world / Neil MacGregor. - xvi, 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
"The British Museum." "BBC Radio 4."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.
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.
In this brilliant 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.
9780670026340 (hbk.) 0670026344 (hbk.)
2014412281
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Characters.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Material culture.
Excavations (Archaeology)--England.
England--Antiquities.
Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.
PR2910 / .M27 2012
822.33 MAC