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Shakespeare the Craftsman (The Clark lectures) [Hardcover]

M. C. Bradbrook (Author)

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Series: The Clark lectures | Publication Date: September 1969

Professor Bradbrook's Shakespeare the Craftsman was first given as the Clark Lectures in 1968 at Cambridge. Her purposes in the book that followed are twofold: to trace 'the descent of Shakespeare's art from the popular medieval tradition, especially from the religious drama of the Craft cycles'; and to indicate how his craftsmanship was often a response to some immediate demand - a new actor, a new stage or some specific occasion. The Merry Wives of Windsor, for instance, came of a Royal Command. There are chapters about Burbage and the Globe Theatre, and about Robert Armin, the 'new clown', and his part in Twelfth Night. Other chapters deal with Julius Caesar, Hamlet and the revenge play, and the pageant of Timon of Athens.

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Professor Bradbrook's Shakespeare the Craftsman was first given as the Clark Lectures in 1968 at Cambridge. Her purposes in the book are twofold: to trace 'the descent of Shakespeare's art from the popular medieval tradition'; and to indicate how his craftsmanship was often a response to some immediate demand. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Hardcover: 190 pages
Publisher: Chatto & Windus (September 1969)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0701114800
ISBN-13: 978-0701114800
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,983,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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