The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History PlaysMichael Hattaway Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This 2002 volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike. |
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... at the end, the coffin fortheking. In Adrian Noble's 1988 RSC production of 'Henry VI'and 'The RiseofEdward IV' (conflations of1, 2, and 3Henry VI) thethrone stood above aprison cagein which bothMortimer and KingHenry were todie.In ...
... at the end, the coffin fortheking. In Adrian Noble's 1988 RSC production of 'Henry VI'and 'The RiseofEdward IV' (conflations of1, 2, and 3Henry VI) thethrone stood above aprison cagein which bothMortimer and KingHenry were todie.In ...
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... at the endof the 'histories' section of theFolio,the play was written much later than the othersandis,in its structure, more like Shakespeare's late romances than, say, the plays about the reigns of Henry IV or Henry V. (Romance was not ...
... at the endof the 'histories' section of theFolio,the play was written much later than the othersandis,in its structure, more like Shakespeare's late romances than, say, the plays about the reigns of Henry IV or Henry V. (Romance was not ...
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... atthe end of Richard III. Presenting the plays ascycles emphasises elements of ritual which may dampenthe political chargethey delivered, and also invites audiencesto consider attendance at linked performances asa celebration of a myth ...
... atthe end of Richard III. Presenting the plays ascycles emphasises elements of ritual which may dampenthe political chargethey delivered, and also invites audiencesto consider attendance at linked performances asa celebration of a myth ...
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... at the right time. Theauthority of office mightbe subvertedby the impotence ofthe office holder, the outcome of a staged battle maybe shown to depend upon the particular sword strokes and spearthrusts ina fight to the death. Although ...
... at the right time. Theauthority of office mightbe subvertedby the impotence ofthe office holder, the outcome of a staged battle maybe shown to depend upon the particular sword strokes and spearthrusts ina fight to the death. Although ...
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... At the beginning of his career, at the time of the Henry VI plays, his endeavour may even haveappeared 'oppositional':on 12 November 1589 the Privy Council wrote tothe Archbishop of Canterbury, theLord Mayor of London, and Edmund Tilney ...
... At the beginning of his career, at the time of the Henry VI plays, his endeavour may even haveappeared 'oppositional':on 12 November 1589 the Privy Council wrote tothe Archbishop of Canterbury, theLord Mayor of London, and Edmund Tilney ...
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Shakespeare | |
Pageants masques and history | |
Elizabethan historiographyand Shakespeares sources | |
the poeticalreinvention | |
changing perspectives | |
Shakespeare andthe | |
Henry IVParts1and 2 | |
difference and identity | |
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