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基本説明
Uses the possibility that Shakespeare began his theatrical career in Lancashire to open up a range of new contexts for reading the plays, and introduces readers to the non-metropolitan theatre spaces which formed a vital part of early modern dramatic activity.
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Explores the network of social, political and spiritual connections in north west England as a site for regional drama, introducing the reader to the non-metropolitan theatre spaces which formed a vital part of early modern dramatic activity. Uses the possibility that Shakespeare began his theatrical career to provide a range of new contexts for reading his plays. Examines the contexts in which the apprentice dramatist would have worked, providing new insight into regional performance, touring theatre & the patronage of the Earls of Derby. Examines the experiences of Catholic families and the way in which Lancashire's status as a Catholic stronghold led to conflict with central government's attempts to create a united state.. All this feeds into innovative readings of individual plays such as Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
1. Introduction
2. "The useless dearness of the diamond": patronage theatre and households - Suzanne Westfall
3. The management of mirth: Shakepeare via Bourdieu - Richard Wilson
4. Between astrology and adolatry: modes of temporal repetition in Romeo and Juliet - Phillipa Berry
5. Country house, Catholicity and the cryptic in Twelfth Night - Anne Lecercle
6. Recusancy, festivity and community: The Simpsons at Gowlthwaite Hall - Phebe Jensen
7. Suicide at the elephant and castle or, did the lady vanish? Alternative endings for early modern women writers -
Marion Wynne Davies
8. Shakespeare and Lancaster - Richard Dutton
9. The Shireburnes of Stonyhurst: memory and survival in a Lancashire Catholic recusant family - John Callow and Michael Mullett
10. Lancashire, Shakepeare and the cosntrucion of cultural neighbourhoods in sixteenth century England - Mary A. Blackstone
11. A family tradition: Dramatic patronage by the Earls of Derby - Sally-Beth MacLean
12. The playhouse at Prescot and the 1592-4 plague - David George
13. Regional performance in Shakepeare's time - Peter Greenfield
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