Shakespeare on the record : researching an early modern life / edited by Hannah Leah Crummé.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Crummé, Hannah Leah, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Arden Shakespeare.

The Arden Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Biography--Sources.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Biography.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.

Summary:

"Shakespeare on Record is a unique guide to major Shakespeare discoveries and the archival insight that made them possible. With contributions from experts at The National Archives, the Folger Shakespeare Library and leading universities, the book explores and explains the bureaucratic processes and governmental practices that shaped life and records in Renaissance England - making it a key resource for both Shakespeare scholars and researchers of early modern lives. Chapters examine key documents concerning property, the law, coats of arms and investments, which relate to Shakespeare's lives in both Stratford and London. Several of The National Archives' collection of over 120 documents which illuminate Shakespeare's life are profiled here for the first time. Richly illustrated throughout, this is a key resource for both Shakespeare scholars and researchers of early modern lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: "all saws of books, all forms, all pressures past" / Hannah Leah Crummé

Neighbours' petition against the Blackfriars Playhouse, November 1596 / Alan H. Nelson

Shakespeare's coat of arms: the surviving manuscripts in context / Heather Wolfe

The Quiney papers / Lena Cowen Orlin

Shakespeare indentures and chirographs / Alan H. Nelson

The course of the seals: an elaborate process of procedures and checks / Adrian Ailes

Shakespeare and the playing companies / Lucy Munro

Shakespeare at court: audit office records / William Streitberger

Shakespeare and the Replingham agreement / Robert Bearman

An archival and material reading of Shakespeare's will / Katy Mair

The Blackfriars deed and the dawning golden age of accessible documents / Eric M. Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Shakespeare on the record

ISBN:

9781350003514

1350003514

OCLC:

1078955010