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The authentic Shakespeare, and other problems of the early modern stage /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orgel, Stephen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2002.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > To 1625.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism, Textual.
Theater > England > History > 16th century.
Theater > England > History > 17th century.
Playwriting > History > 16th century.
Playwriting > History > 17th century.
Table of Contents:
  • What is a text?
  • What is a character?
  • What is an editor?
  • Acting scripts, performing texts
  • The poetics of spectacle
  • The spectacles of state
  • The Renaissance poet as plagiarist
  • Gendering the crown
  • The play of conscience
  • Shakespeare and the kinds of drama
  • Macbeth and the antic round
  • Prospero's wife
  • Marginal Jonson
  • Tobacco and boys
  • The authentic Shakespeare.