David Grote

The Best Actors in the World (eBook, PDF)

Shakespeare and His Acting Company

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Produktbeschreibung

Shakespeare knew actors because he was one. The first book-length study of its kind, this volume investigates Shakespeare as a member of his acting company, dating and casting all the plays they presented from 1594 to 1614, and exploring the effects of actors on his writing. Much has been written about Shakespeare and a great deal is known about the Elizabethan theater. Yet little has been done to examine Shakespeare in relation to his acting company. This book casts light on Shakespeare's life in drama and the creation and staging of his plays. More precisely than any other work, it establishes the dates for his company's productions, exploring the varied and profound influences actors had on the works of Renaissance dramatists, and giving us a unique look at the man who knew his actors best of all. As a member of the newly organized Chamberlain's Men, a company that rose to fame in the London theater, Shakespeare experienced the numerous crises, both personal and political, that nearly destroyed the company at the construction of the Globe. Grote describes the company's reorganization as the King's Men, which led to the writing of Shakespeare's great tragedies, as well as the trials of the plague years, Shakespeare's retirement from the stage, the development of writers to replace him, and the burning of the Globe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313012747
• Artikelnr.: 68528634

Autorenporträt

DAVID GROTE is the author of Script Analysis, Staging the Musical, The End of Comedy, and Theatre: Preparation and Performance.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Prologue From Cross Keys to the Theatre
1594-97 The Crisis Years
1597-98 The Globe and Kemp's Exit
1599-1600 Life without Kemp
1601-3 The King's Men
1603-6 Replacing Shakespeare
1607-10 Shakespeare's Last Bow
1611-13 Epilogue Appendix: Doubling Roles Bibliography Index