1st Edition

Shakespeare and the Awareness of Audience

By Ralph Berry Copyright 1985
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1985, explores the consciousness and the experience of Shakespeare’s audience. First describing the stage’s physical impact, Ralph Berry then goes on to explore the social or tribal consciousness of the audience in certain plays. The title finishes by examining the masque – the salient form of the Jacobean theatre. This title will be of interest to students of... Read more

Acknowledgments;  Introduction;  1. Metamorphoses of the Stage  2. Richard III: Bonding the Audience  3. The Comedy of Errors the Subliminal Narrative  4. Discomfort in The Merchant of Venice  5. Twelfth Night: the Experience of the Audience  6. Communal Identity and the Rituals of Julius Caesar  7. Masques and Dumb Shows in Webster  8. Shakespeare and Chivalry  9. The Masque of Henry VIII;  Notes;  Index

Biography

Ralph Berry