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1 online resource |
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Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
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Cover ; Shakespeare, Court Dramatist; Copyright; Dedication; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; THE ISSUE; THE DEBATE; PART I: PLAYING AND THE COURT; 1: Shakespeare, Patronage, and the Court; MONEY; London and its Playhouses; CHANGES AT COURT; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND THE ELIZABETHAN COURT; THE 1597/8 WATERSHED; Shakespeare at Court; 2: Court Revels and Their Masters; CRISIS IN THE REVELS OFFICE; TILNEY; TILNEY'S GROWING BUSINESS; OUR USUAL MANAGER OF MIRTH; THE INFLUENCE OF MASTERS OF THE REVELS ON COURT PLAYS; 3: Line Lengths, Playing Times, and Ben Jonson |
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THE LENGTH OF ELIZABETHAN PLAY PERFORMANCESCOURT TIME; JONSON; 4: The Revision of Early Modern Play Texts; a. The Revision of Plays in Shakespeare's Day; Mucedorus; A Fair Quarrel; The Spanish Tragedy; Dr Faustus; The Malcontent; Philaster; The Maid's Tragedy; Title Pages : 'Augmented', 'Enlarged ', 'Amended', 'With Additions', 'Corected'; Augmented; Enlarged; Amended; With Additions; Corrected; Conclusions; b. Thinking About the Revision of Shakespeare's Texts in Modern Times; 'Stolne, and sureptitious copies '; 'Bad' quartos; Publication practices; Shorthand copying |
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Memorial Reconstruction (1)Memorial Reconstruction (2), with the'Abridged Rural Prompt -bok Theory '; Foul Papers; The Oxford Shakespeare; Memorial Reconstruction (3), One More Time; The Turn of the Century; Continuous Copy and its Attractions; Recapitulation : Revision Old and New; PART II: SHAKESPEARE'S MULTIPLE TEXTS; PREAMBLE; 5: More Sophisticated Histories; a. The Famous Victories of Shakespeare's Henry V; THE FAMOUS VICTORIES OF HENRY V AND Q1; THE DEFICIENCIES OF Q1 AS A TEXT; THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF HENRY V; HOLINSHED; THE COURT; THE COURT AND 'AMPLIFICATIO' |
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B. 2 and 3 Henry VI-A True Contention6: Augmentations; a. Romeo and Juliet; b. Hamlet and Succession; THE 'MOMENTS' OF THE THREE TEXTS; Q1 AND SUCCESSION; Q2 AND SUCCESSION: INHIBITION AND INNOVATION; THE FOLIO 'HAMLET', AND AFTER; c. A Jacobean Merry Wives?; TEXTS; CONTEXTS; 7: Last Thoughts; a. Single Sequence Additions; TITUS ANDRONICUS; RICHARD I I; 2 HENRY IV; b. Jacobean Shakespeare; THE CHANGE OF REIGN; SHAKESPEARE'S CONTRACT; A NEW CONTRACT; THE LENGTH OF SHAKESPEARE'S JACOBEAN PLAYS; Conclusions; Bibliography; EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE CITED; EDITIONS OF OTHER EARLY MODERN AUTHORS |
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OTHER WORKS CITEDIndex of Offices and Organizations, Events and Editions, Things and Theories; Index of Plays and Other Dramatic Texts; Index of Persons |
| Summary |
'Shakespeare, Court Dramatist' outlines the symbiotic relationship between Shakespeare and the court and shows how it affected his writing, forging plays like 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Hamlet' into the versions we know best today |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century
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Courts and courtiers in literature.
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Courts and courtiers
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Courts and courtiers in literature
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Theater
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England -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century
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England -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 17th century
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191823169 |
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0191823163 |
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0191083313 |
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9780191083310 |
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