The Bedford companion to Shakespeare : an introduction with documents / Russ McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonald, Russ, 1949-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Contemporary England--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dramatists, English.

Dramatists, English--Early modern--Biography.

England--Civilization--16th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

England.

Civilization.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xix, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, [1996]

Contents:

Shakespeare in Our Time

The Uses of a Companion

The Illustrations and Documents

Three Troublesome Topics: Terminology, Modernization, and Money

A Final Word

Chapter 1 Shakespeare, "Shakespeare," and the Problem of Authorship

Early Life

London: The First Decade

London: Maturity

Retirement

The Anti-Stratfordians

What Is an Author?

Illustrations and Documents

The House Known as Shakespeare's Birthplace

Record of Shakespeare's Baptism

Map of Stratford-upon-Avon (Eighteenth Century)

From Palladis Tamia: Wit's Treasury / Francis Meres Meres, Francis

A Plague Bill

The Royal License for Shakespeare's Company

Detail from the "Agas" Map of London (With Shakespeare's Lodging Indicated)

Vicar of Stratford, From His Diary / John Ward Ward, John

Chapter 2 "To What End Are All These Words?": Shakespeare's Dramatic Language

Early Modern English

Rhetoric

Wordplay

The Forms of Dramatic Language

Language as Theme

From the Foreword to the Third Edition of the Latin New Testament / Erasmus

From The Art of Rhetoric / Thomas Wilson Wilson, Thomas

From Musophilis / Samuel Daniel Daniel, Samuel

From The Schoolmaster / Roger Ascham Ascham, Roger

From The Art of Reason / Ralph Lever Lever, Ralph

From The Art of English Poesy / George Puttenham Puttenham, George

From The Book of the Courtier / Baldassare Castiglione Castiglione, Baldassare

Of the Vanity of Words (Tr. John Florio) / Montaigne

Chart of the Relative Proportions of Poetry and Prose in Shakespeare's Plays

Chapter 3 Theater ã la Mode: Shakespeare and the Kinds of Drama

Comedy

Tragedy

History

Romance

Mixed Modes

From The Defense of Poesy / Sir Philip Sidney Sidney, Philip, Sir

From Mariam / Elizabeth Cary Cary, Elizabeth

From Poetics / Aristotle

Title Page of Richard III (First Quarto)

From His Notes of a Conversation with Queen Elizabeth I about Richard II / William Lambarde Lambarde, William

From His Preface to The Faithful Shepherdess / John Fletcher Fletcher, John

From A Short View of Tragedy / Thomas Rymer Rymer, Thomas

Chapter 4 Performances, Playhouses, and Players

Going to a Play, Circa 1595

The Playhouses

The Companies

The Theater and the Authorities

Map Showing the Playhouses in Shakespeare's Time

Sketch of Titus Andronicus / Henry Peacham Peacham, Henry

Inventory of Theatrical Costumes (From Henslowe's Papers)

Two Plans of the Rose Playhouse

Remains of the Rose Playhouse

Illustration of the Second Globe / C. Walter Hodges Hodges, C. Walter

Copy of De Witt's Sketch of the Swan Playhouse

Detail from Long View of London / Wenceslas Hollar Hollar, Wenceslas

Log of Plays from His Diary / Philip Henslowe Henslowe, Philip

Testimony about a Performance of Richard II

Record of King James's Payment to the King's Men

From An Apology for Actors / Thomas Heywood Heywood, Thomas

Letter to His Wife / Edward Alleyn Alleyn, Edward

Chapter 5 "What Is Your Text?"

What Is a Shakespearean Text?

From Pen to Press: The Printing of Renaissance Plays

Illustration of the Folding and Printing Process

Shakespeare's Plays in Print

Some Examples of Textual Instability

Shakespeare's Texts and the General Reader

Facsimile of a Part of the Play Script of Sir Thomas More

Title Page of Titus Andronicus (First Quarto)

Title Page and Catalogue of the First Folio

Illustration of a Seventeenth-Century Printing Shop

Facsimile of the Last Page of King Lear (First Quarto)

Facsimile of "To be or not to be" from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (First Quarto)

Facsimile of "To be or not to be" from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1623 Folio)

A Comparison of the Work of Compositors A and B on the 1623 Folio

Chapter 6 "I Loved My Books": Shakespeare's Reading

Shakespeare and the Classics

Major Influences

Indirect Sources

Shakespeare's Favorites

From The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York / Edward Hall Hall, Edward

From A Mirror for Magistrates

From Gli Hecatommithi (The Principal Source for Othello) / Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio Cinthio, Giovanni Battista Giraldi

From the Geneva Bible (Genesis)

From Salve Deus Rex Judeorum / Amelia Lanyer Lanyer, Amelia

From The Book of Common Prayer

From Acts and Monuments / John Foxe Foxe, John

A Moralized Ballad

From A True Reportory of the Wreck and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates (A Source for The Tempest) / Sir William Strachey Strachey, William, Sir

From Tamburlaine the Great / Christopher Marlowe Marlowe, Christopher

Two Sonnets from Astrophil and Stella / Sir Philip Sidney Sidney, Philip, Sir

From Urania / Lady Mary Wroth Wroth, Lady Mary

From The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland / Raphael Holinshed Holinshed, Raphael

From Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (Translated by Sir Thomas North) / Plutarch

From Metamorphoses (Translated by Arthur Golding) / Ovid

Chapter 7 Town and Country: Life in Shakespeare's England

London

The Suburbs

The Countryside

Rural Life

The Daily Routine

Clothing

Getting and Spending

From The Description of England (The Conditions of English Inns and Overnight Travel) / William Harrison Harrison, William

From Survey of London (The Location of Tradesmen in London) / John Stow Stow, John

From Travels in England (The Thames River) / Thomas Platter Platter, Thomas

From Journey through England and Scotland (A Visit to the Bearbaiting Arena) / Lupold von Wedel Wedel, Lupold von

From Positions Concerning the Training Up of Children (Ch.

27, The Ball) / Richard Mulcaster Mulcaster, Richard

From Survey of London (Ordinances Concerning Brothels) / John Stow Stow, John

From Christ's Tears over Jerusalem (The Brothels of Suburban London) / Thomas Nashe Nashe, Thomas

From "To the Maids of London" / Isabella Whitney Whitney, Isabella

From The English Husbandman (Rural Domestic / Gervase Markham Markham, Gervase

Architecture and Interior Design)

From An Itinerary (The Enclosure of Farmlands) / Fynes Moryson Moryson, Fynes

From The Book of Husbandry (What Works a Wife Should Do) / Sir Anthony Fitzherbert Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir

From A Delightful Daily Exercise for Ladies and Gentlewomen / John Murrell Murrell, John

From A Book of Cookery / John Murrell Murrell, John

From The Castle of Health / Thomas Elyot Elyot, Thomas

From The Description of England (Fashion) / William Harrison Harrison, William

Chapter 8 Men and Women: Gender, Family, Society

The Situation of Women

Patriarchy

Primogeniture

Marriage and Money

Family Life

The Social Structure

Conclusion: The Body Politic

From Historia Animalium / Aristotle

From Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings / Sir Robert Filmer Filmer, Robert, Sir

An Homily of the State of Matrimony

From Of Domestical Duties: Eight Treatises / William Gouge Gouge, William

From The Countess of Lincoln's Nursery / Elizabeth Clinton Clinton, Elizabeth

From De Republica Anglorum: The Manner of Government or Policy of the Realm of England (Of Children) / Sir Thomas Smith Smith, Thomas, Sir

From An Heptameron of Civil Discourses (Household Laws to Keep the Married in Love, Peace, and Amity) / George Whetstone Whetstone, George

From Her Letters / Arbella Stuart Stuart, Arbella

"On My First Son" / Ben Jonson Jonson, Ben

From A Mother's Blessing / Dorothy Leigh Leigh, Dorothy

Excerpts from Conduct Books

From The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England (Of Buggery or Sodomy) / Sir Edward Coke Coke, Edward, Sir

From The Affectionate Shepherd / Richard Barnfield Barnfield, Richard

From 'Tis Merry When Gossips Meet / Samuel Rowlandson Rowlandson, Samuel

Royal Proclamation against Vagabonds and Unlawful Assemblies / Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth, Queen I

Edict Arranging for the Expulsion from England of Negroes and Blackamoors / Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth, Queen I

Chapter 9 Politics and Religion: Early Modern Ideologies

An Absolute Monarchy?

Councillors

The Monarchs

The "Ermine Portrait" of Elizabeth I

Portrait of James I, by Paul van Somer

The Church

The Ideology of Order

Shakespeare's Theater and the Problem of Authority

The Stage and Its Opponents

Illustrations and Documents

From De Republica Anglorum: The Manner of Government or Policy of the Realm of England (Of Parliament and the Monarchy) / Sir Thomas Smith Smith, Thomas, Sir

From A Speech to the Lords and Commons of the Parliament at Whitehall / King James I James, King I

From The Prince / Niccolã² Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolã²

Secret Letter to Sir Robert Cecil / King James I James, King I

Letter to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham / King James I James, King I

Letter Describing the Revels at King James's Court / Sir John Harington Harington, John, Sir

From the Golden Speech / Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth, Queen I

From His Diary (On a Dream about an Encounter with Queen Elizabeth) / Simon Forman Forman, Simon

From An Admonition to the Parliament / John Field Field, John, Thomas Wilcox Wilcox, Thomas

From An Homily against Disobedience and Willful Rebellion

From The Book Named the Governor / Sir Thomas Elyot Elyot, Thomas, Sir

From The Catholic Supplication

From An Answer Unto the Catholics' Supplication / Christopher Muriel Muriel, Christopher

From The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity / Richard Hooker Hooker, Richard

From The Anatomy of Abuses / Philip Stubbes Stubbes, Philip

Chapter 10 From Betterton to Branagh: Shakespeare in Performance

Innovations, Textual and Theatrical

Actors and their Roles

Early American Shakespeare

Twentieth-Century Stages: Modern and Post

Film (Silents, Talkies, Hollywood, Adaptations, Video)

"Smock Alley" Prompt Book for Othello (Dublin, late 17th Century)

Nineteenth-Century Playbill for Julius Caesar (with the Booth brothers)

Prompt Book from Barrymore's Production of Hamlet

Photograph from Granville-Barker's Production of Twelfth Night at the Savoy Theatre

Photograph of Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth

Oscar Wilde, From His Review of Macbeth (with Ellen Terry)

Photograph from Nineteenth-Century Production of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Photograph from Peter Brook's Production of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Kenneth Tynan, From He That Plays the King

Photograph from Kenneth Branagh's Film of Hamlet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-354) and index.

ISBN:

0312158572

0312100752

OCLC:

34544833