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His protagonist is less a man than the central panel in a triptych flanked by the Medieval and Elizabethan Stage, the other subjects he devoted his life to. If this sounds diminishing, however, let the reader be advised: all roads to ...
His protagonist is less a man than the central panel in a triptych flanked by the Medieval and Elizabethan Stage, the other subjects he devoted his life to. If this sounds diminishing, however, let the reader be advised: all roads to ...
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Ferdinand in The Tempest, who might be a villain, turns into a hero as he weighs alternatives and chooses. He has his surprising connection to caliban, vivified in complementary scenes. “Enter caliban with a burden of wood” is the stage ...
Ferdinand in The Tempest, who might be a villain, turns into a hero as he weighs alternatives and chooses. He has his surprising connection to caliban, vivified in complementary scenes. “Enter caliban with a burden of wood” is the stage ...
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Shakespeare tells this story in Richard III, his first permanent success for the stage. Taking his cue from Tudor propagandists like Holinshed and Hall, he makes the usurper a hero and the deposed king a villain.
Shakespeare tells this story in Richard III, his first permanent success for the stage. Taking his cue from Tudor propagandists like Holinshed and Hall, he makes the usurper a hero and the deposed king a villain.
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In As You Like It, he brings on stage the "antique world" before the cash nexus and dog eat dog. Faithful Adam in this play embodies the golden world, as it might be Richard Shakespeare's, "where service sweat for duty, not for meed," ...
In As You Like It, he brings on stage the "antique world" before the cash nexus and dog eat dog. Faithful Adam in this play embodies the golden world, as it might be Richard Shakespeare's, "where service sweat for duty, not for meed," ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 25 | |
Shadows of Himself | 79 |
WildGoose Chase | 107 |
A Motley to the View | 136 |
For Ted and Lloyd St Antoine | 155 |
The Dyers Hand | 163 |
Index | 195 |
Sailing to Illyria 65 | 65 |
Fools of Nature 101 | 101 |
PR2894 F65 2007 | 106 |
Treason in the Blood 134 | 134 |
The Wine of Life 160 | 160 |
Bravest at the Last 188 | 188 |
Unpathed Waters Undreamed Shores | 217 |
Journeys End | 247 |
Includes bibliographical references and index | 1 |
The Revolution of the Times 34 | 34 |
Index | 281 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare |
| Author | Russell A. Fraser |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412834031, 9781412834032 |
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