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Shakespeare and the royal actor : performing monarchy, 1760-1952 / Sally Barnden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnden, Sally, author.
- Series:
- Shakespeare in the royal collection.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Shakespeare in the royal collection
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- This text explores the extent to which members of the royal family have appropriated the creative legacy of Shakespeare, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, in order to shore up royal and national ideologies and to assert the legitimacy of the monarchy.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Player Queens
- Libertines
- Warlike Effigies
- Domestic Virtues
- Royal Bodies
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 8, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 0-19-889503-8
- 0-19-199769-2
- 0-19-889502-X
- OCLC:
- 1412506074
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