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• Author/Creator:Bate, Jonathan, author.
  
• Title:Shakespeare : staging the world / Jonathon Bate & Dora Thornton.
  
• ISBN:9780714128283
  0714128287
  9780714128245
  0714128244
  
• Publication:London : British Museum Press, 2012.
  
• Copyright notice date: ©2012
  
• Physical Description:304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Reference Library (Non-Circulating)
    
    
  • Call Number: PR3000 .B38 2012 (LC)
    
  • Status:No information available 
  • Provenance:Gift of Ellie Hughes.
    

   
• Notes:"This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 19 July to 25 November 2012"--Title page verso.
  
• Summary:The playhouse and the role of playwright were relatively new phenomena during Shakespeares time, yet his audience spanned from royalty to the common man. This text shows what these audiences were finding out about the world through the eyes of the playwright Dora Thornton.
  
• Format:Book
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 270-285) and index.
  
• Contents:London, circa 1612: world city -- 'Now am I in Arden?': country, county and custom -- 'Cry "God for Harry, England and Saint George!"' Kingship and the English nation -- 'Beware the Ides of March': the legacy of Rome -- 'A fair city ... populated with many people': Venice viewed from London -- The noble Moor -- 'For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft': the Scottish play -- The matter of Britain: past, present and future -- 'O brave new world that has such people in't' -- Legacy.
  
• Subjects:Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Settings.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  ShakespeareWilliam, 1564-1616.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  Shakespeare, William--Knowledge, 1564-1616.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Cultural background.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--kunskaper och studier.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--teateruppsättningar.
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--miljöskildringar.
  Knowledge and learning--Influence--Characters--Dramatic production--Settings.
  Characters and characteristics.
  Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  Learning and scholarship.
  Setting (Literature)
  Theater.
  Weltbild.
  
• Genre/Form:Ausstellung--London--2012.
  
• Also listed under:Thornton, Dora, author.
  British Museum, host institution.