Screen Library1606 : Shakespeare and the year of Lear /
Shakespeare turned 42 in 1606. He had written more plays and had been writing plays for longer than any other dramatist in England. Twenty-nine comedies, histories, and tragedies and all of his sonnets and poems were behind him. But there was much more to come. 1606 would witness another of Shakespe...
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Faber & Faber,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Shakespeare turned 42 in 1606. He had written more plays and had been writing plays for longer than any other dramatist in England. Twenty-nine comedies, histories, and tragedies and all of his sonnets and poems were behind him. But there was much more to come. 1606 would witness another of Shakespeare's great creative outbursts, for during these turbulent months, when England was suffering from an outbreak of plague and feeling the aftershocks of the infamous Gunpowder plot, he would write three of his most remarkable tragedies: King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. This book is abo |
| Item Description: | Originally published: 2015. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 423 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780571235797 (paperback) : 0571235794 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PR2983 |
| CLC: | I561.063 |
| Call Number: | I561.063/S529 |
| Contents: | A note on quoting the plays -- Map of Shakespeare's London in 1606 -- Prologue: 5 January 1606 -- 1. The King's Man -- 2. Division of the Kingdoms -- 3. From Leir to Lear -- 4. Possession -- 5. The Letter -- 6. Massing Relics -- 7. Remember, Remember -- 8. Hymenaei -- 9. Equivocation -- 10. Another Hell above the Ground -- 11. The King's Evil -- 12. Unfinished Business -- 13. Queen of Sheba -- 14. Plague -- Epilogue: 26 December 1606 -- A note on dating the plays. |