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Shakespeare's restless world

In this brilliant work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare's universe and the Tudor era of Eli...

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Main Author: MacGregor, Neil, 1946-
Corporate Authors: British Museum, Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC Radio 4
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, [2012]
Subjects and Genres:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters.
Elizabeth > I, > Queen of England, > 1533-1603.
Material culture.
Excavations (Archaeology) > England.
England > Antiquities.
Great Britain > History > Tudors, 1485-1603.
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Table of 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.

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