In this engaging text, Arthur Kinney introduces students toShakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan andJacobean theater.
* * Introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context ofElizabethan and Jacobean theater.
* Focuses on the material conditions of playing and ofplaygoing.
* Covers venues, audiences, actors, society, government andregulation.
* Each topic is considered in relation to a selection ofShakespeare's plays.
* Shows students how the plays and the context in which they wereproduced illuminate one another.
Arthur F. Kinney
Englische Literatur / Shakespeare Literary Criticism & History Literature Literaturkritik u. -geschichte Literaturwissenschaft Shakespeare
"Shakespeare by Stages is highly suited to use in theclassroom, providing students as well as scholars with a diversityof sources and a complex estimation of Shakespeare's theater."English Studies
"...an excellent analysis and should prove an invaluableintroduction to undergraduates wishing to learn about Shakespeare'sstage." Modern Language Review
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