1st Edition

Shakespeare at Work, 1592-1603

By G.B. Harrison Copyright 1958
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years of Elizabeth’s reign. Originally published in 1933 and republished in 1958, this great work is an imagining, in plain narrative, of the life of Shakespeare backed with evidence of the history of the stage. Whatever wider significances modern critics distill from... Read more

Preface  1. The Upstart Crow  2. Education of a Dramatist  3. Experiments  4. The Passing of an Eclipse  5. Maturity  6. The New Comedy  7. The Globe  8. The Lost Leader  9. Tumultuous Interludes  10. The Tragedy of Hamlet  11. End of an Epoch.  Commentary

Biography

G. B. Harrison