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Informationen zum Autor Richard Dutton is Humanities Distinguished Professor at Ohio State University Richard Dutton is Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster Richard Wilson is Professor of Renaissance Literature in the Department of English at the University of Lancaster Klappentext Explores the network of social, political and spiritual connections in north west England as a site for regional drama, introducing the reader to the non-metropolitan theatre spaces which formed a vital part of early modern dramatic activity. Uses the possibility that Shakespeare began his theatrical career to provide a range of new contexts for reading his plays. Examines the contexts in which the apprentice dramatist would have worked, providing new insight into regional performance, touring theatre & the patronage of the Earls of Derby. Examines the experiences of Catholic families and the way in which Lancashire's status as a Catholic stronghold led to conflict with central government's attempts to create a united state.. All this feeds into innovative readings of individual plays such as Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Zusammenfassung Exploring the network of social! political and spiritual connections in north west England during Shakespeare's formative years! this text discusses how the surrounding cultural context may have shaped him as an artist! looking at "Twelfth Night"! "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of illustrations 1. Introduction2. "The useless dearness of the diamond": patronage theatre and households - Suzanne Westfall3. The management of mirth: Shakepeare via Bourdieu - Richard Wilson4. Between astrology and adolatry: modes of temporal repetition in Romeo and Juliet - Phillipa Berry5. Country house, Catholicity and the cryptic in Twelfth Night - Anne Lecercle6. Recusancy, festivity and community: The Simpsons at Gowlthwaite Hall - Phebe Jensen7. Suicide at the elephant and castle or, did the lady vanish? Alternative endings for early modern women writers - Marion Wynne Davies8. Shakespeare and Lancaster - Richard Dutton9. The Shireburnes of Stonyhurst: memory and survival in a Lancashire Catholic recusant family - John Callow and Michael Mullett10. Lancashire, Shakepeare and the cosntrucion of cultural neighbourhoods in sixteenth century England - Mary A. Blackstone11. A family tradition: Dramatic patronage by the Earls of Derby - Sally-Beth MacLean12. The playhouse at Prescot and the 1592-4 plague - David George13. Regional performance in Shakepeare's time - Peter GreenfieldIndex...
