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Shakespeare and the Countess : the battle that gave birth to the Globe / Chris Laoutaris.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) DA358.R87 L36 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laoutaris, Chris, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, Lady, 1540-1609--Friends and associates.
- Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Friends and associates.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, Lady, 1540-1609.
- Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644).
- Friends and associates.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.
- Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644)--History.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2015.
- Summary:
- "In November 1596 a woman signed a document which would nearly destroy the career of William Shakespeare ... Who was the woman who played such an instrumental, yet little known, role in Shakespeare's life?"--Dust jacket.
- Contents:
- A Blackfriars mystery
- An education. A radical beginning ; The female university ; Monstrous regiments ; The ambassador's wife ; A widow's bed
- Parliament woman. The War of Admonition ; Lady Russell ; Meet the neighbours ; The widow and the necromancer
- Turf wars. The Arden Trail ; The Queen's soldier ; Closing ranks ; Sheriff and bailiff of the manor
- The battle for Blackfriars. Building ambitions ; Shakespeare and Essex ; Detective Dowager ; 'my war between mine own flesh and blood' ; Shakespeare's Nemesis ; In the name of love
- The birth of the Globe. Aftermath ; 'this distracted Globe' ; Wedding belles and rebels ; 'I'll be revenged ... ' ; 'from the stage to the State'
- Shakespeare's Countess. The last stand for Donnington ; All's well that ends well
- Afterlife of a murderess.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Fig Tree, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-482) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1605987921
- 9781605987927
- OCLC:
- 892878900
- Publisher Number:
- 99963381125
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