Region, religion and patronage

Lancastrian Shakespeare
Herausgeber: Dutton, Richard; Wilson, Richard; Findlay, Alison

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780719063695
• ISBN-10: 0719063698
• Artikelnr.: 22449303

Autorenporträt

Richard Dutton is Humanities Distinguished Professor at Ohio State University Alison Findlay is Professor of Renaissance Drama at the University of Lancaster Richard Wilson is Sir Peter Hall Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Kingston University, London

Inhaltsangabe

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 Index