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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... theatre, but of the work of many of his rivals. Jonson (as we know from Dekker's jibes in Satiromastix) liked to ... theatres, for instance; how often met to discuss their work, or simply to enjoy each others' company. Who else was ...
... theatre, but of the work of many of his rivals. Jonson (as we know from Dekker's jibes in Satiromastix) liked to ... theatres, for instance; how often met to discuss their work, or simply to enjoy each others' company. Who else was ...
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... theatres, between Jonson on the one side and Marston, Dekker and (it seems) Shakespeare on the other. Shakespeare's part in the war of the theatres is somewhat obscure, but it was the Globe as well as Paul's Boys that provided space for ...
... theatres, between Jonson on the one side and Marston, Dekker and (it seems) Shakespeare on the other. Shakespeare's part in the war of the theatres is somewhat obscure, but it was the Globe as well as Paul's Boys that provided space for ...
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... theatre): Jonson and his friends reply with a London comedy that laughs at the bourgeoisie. Blackfriars, closer to the West End and the Court, would have a larger Court clientele. Rivalry and alliances between playwrights and theatres ...
... theatre): Jonson and his friends reply with a London comedy that laughs at the bourgeoisie. Blackfriars, closer to the West End and the Court, would have a larger Court clientele. Rivalry and alliances between playwrights and theatres ...
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... theatre and a respect for neo-classical rules left its mark on him (it would be surprising if they hadn't) as did the commercial successes of his rivals in the big popular theatres and the succès d'estime of the boys' theatres. It was ...
... theatre and a respect for neo-classical rules left its mark on him (it would be surprising if they hadn't) as did the commercial successes of his rivals in the big popular theatres and the succès d'estime of the boys' theatres. It was ...
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... theatre around him, we can see more clearly how his development as a playwright took the course it did. For the most notable aspect of Shakespeare's work from Hamlet to Lear is the extraordinary range and variety of theatre he attempted ...
... theatre around him, we can see more clearly how his development as a playwright took the course it did. For the most notable aspect of Shakespeare's work from Hamlet to Lear is the extraordinary range and variety of theatre he attempted ...
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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