The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays

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Michael Hattaway
Cambridge University Press, 5 déc. 2002 - 283 pages
Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This 2002 volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike.
 

Table des matières

Shakespeare and the early modern history play
25
Pageants masques and history
41
Elizabethan historiography and Shakespeares sources
57
Womens roles in the Elizabethan history plays
71
the poetical reinvention
106
changing perspectives
126
Henry IV Parts 1 and 2
158
the quick forge and working house of thought
177
difference and identity
193
Shakespeares other historical plays
214
Theatrical afterlives
229
Principal and recurrent characters in the English histories
247
Genealogical tables
261
Index
279
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