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Author:

MacGregor, Neil, 1946-

Title:

Shakespeare's restless world / by Neil MacGregor.

Publisher:

Allen Lane,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xvi, 320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Knowledge and learning.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Miscellanea.
England--Social conditions--16th century.
England--Social conditions--17th century.

Other Authors:

British Museum.
BBC Radio 4.

Notes:

Radio tie-in. "The British Museum, BBC Radio 4." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : inside the wooden O -- England goes global -- Communion and conscience -- Snacking through Shakespeare -- Life without Elizabeth -- Swordplay and swagger -- Europe : triumphs of the past -- Ireland : failures in the present -- City life, urban strife -- New science, old magic -- Toil and trouble -- Treason and plots -- Sex and the city -- From London to Marrakesh -- Disguise and deception -- The flag that failed -- A time of change, a change of time -- Plague and the playhouse -- London becomes Rome -- The theatres of cruelty -- Shakespeare goes global.

ISBN:

1846146755
9781846146756

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794136973

LCCN:

2013376339

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)