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Shakespeare's ear : dark, strange, and fascinating tales from the world of theater /

Shakespeare's Ear presents dark and sometimes funny pieces of fact and folklore that bedevil the mostly unknown history of theater. All manner of skullduggery, from revenge to murder, from affairs to persecution, proves that the drama off-stage was just as intense as any portrayed on it. The st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rayborn, Tim, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2017]
Subjects:
Theater > Anecdotes.
Theater > Miscellanea.
Theater > Humor.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.
HUMOR > Form > Anecdotes.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
HISTORY > Reference.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The grim and the unusual in the history of western theater
  • Act I: The strange lives and odd fates of playwrights, actors, theater companies, and more
  • The ancient world
  • Ancient Greece and Rome
  • The Middle Ages and Renaissance
  • The Tudor and Stuart ages: a golden age of English theater
  • The seventeenth century
  • The eighteenth century
  • The nineteenth century
  • The modern age
  • Intermission
  • Act II: A dark and weird theatrical miscellany
  • The Shakespeare you may not know
  • The Commedia dell'arte
  • The bloody theater
  • An abundance of superstitions, curses, and bad luck
  • Haunted theaters
  • An encore of theatrical oddities
  • Exit stage left.