Shakespeare and the Rival Playwrights, 1600-1606David Farley-Hills argues that Shakespeare did not work in splendid isolation, but responded as any other playwright to the commercial and artistic pressures of his time. In this book he offers an interpretation of seven of Shakespeare's plays in the light of pressures exerted by his major contemporary rivals. The plays discussed are Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Othello, Measure for Measure, Timon of Athens, and King Lear. |
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... action and intrigue. To this Shakespeare added a concern for characters as individuals that increasingly led his plays away from sensationalism towards an affective drama, where the audience were encouraged to see the characters as if ...
... action and intrigue. To this Shakespeare added a concern for characters as individuals that increasingly led his plays away from sensationalism towards an affective drama, where the audience were encouraged to see the characters as if ...
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... action, expressing his mind as revenge villain, not revealing its inner processes. Like all the other characters, Eleazar is essentially a symbol of a state of mind; accordingly characters do not change and develop, but rebound off one ...
... action, expressing his mind as revenge villain, not revealing its inner processes. Like all the other characters, Eleazar is essentially a symbol of a state of mind; accordingly characters do not change and develop, but rebound off one ...
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... action of the play is grounded on a simple moral pattern in which evil characters like Eleazar and the Queen are in conflict with such symbols of righteousness as Prince Philip and his sister Isabella; between these opposing forces are ...
... action of the play is grounded on a simple moral pattern in which evil characters like Eleazar and the Queen are in conflict with such symbols of righteousness as Prince Philip and his sister Isabella; between these opposing forces are ...
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... action at frequent intervals. It is particularly interesting that two or three years after the first presentation of Hamlet Chettle reproduces the conventional picture of the wicked revenge hero driven by the sin of vengefulness to a ...
... action at frequent intervals. It is particularly interesting that two or three years after the first presentation of Hamlet Chettle reproduces the conventional picture of the wicked revenge hero driven by the sin of vengefulness to a ...
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... action. At the end of the soliloquy Pandulpho and others enter carrying the dead body of Pandulpho's son Feliche. Antonio has lain down on his back during the course of his soliloquy and Pandulpho places his son's corpse to rest on ...
... action. At the end of the soliloquy Pandulpho and others enter carrying the dead body of Pandulpho's son Feliche. Antonio has lain down on his back during the course of his soliloquy and Pandulpho places his son's corpse to rest on ...
Contents
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | |
ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL | |
A MAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS | |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE AND MIDDLETONS COMEDY | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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