The book of Shakespearian useless information /
In this excellent, engrossing and ever so slightly eccentric compendium, the reader will discover why the theatre is called "The Theatre," why in the theatre, the expression 'the ghost walks' means it is pay day, why intervals were unexpectedly introduced into theatrical performa...
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London :
Metro,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue ; The way things were ; A green and unpleasant land ; Kith and kin
- 1564-80 ; 1580-90
- 1590-9 ; Rehearsal protocol ; Prices of admission
- 1600-6 ; 1607 to the grave
- Post mortem ; Twentieth century ; Twenty-first century ; Some dissatisfied customers ; Philosophy in poetry ; Coined words cost nothing ; Plays chronology ; Epilogue ; Appendices.