MacGregor, Neil. Shakespeare's restless world

Folger bibliographic ID: 266589
Folger call number: PR2976 .M26 2012
Folger holdings ID: 352566
Accession Number: 267351

General notes

Radio tie-in (cover: "Based on the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series") "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

Extended title: Shakespeare's restless world / by Neil MacGregor

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 England

author: MacGregor, Neil, 1946-
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: British Museum
associated with: BBC Radio 4