Shakespeare's Restless World : a Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects /: a Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Neil MacGregor.
• Other Names: MacGregor, Neil, 1946-; British Museum.; Royal Shakespeare Company.; BBC Radio 4.
• Contents: Introduction: Inside the Wooden O -- England goes global -- Communion and conscience -- Snacking through Shakespeare -- Life without Elizabeth -- Swordplay and swagger -- Europe : triumphs of the past -- Ireland : failures in the present -- City life, urban strife -- New science, old magic -- Toil and trouble -- Treason and plots -- Sex and the city -- From London to Marrakesh -- Disguise and deception -- The flag that failed -- A time of change, a change of time -- Plague and the playhouse -- London becomes Rome -- The theatres of cruelty -- Shakespeare goes global.
• Publisher Details: New York : Viking Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 942.05/5; HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century; HISTORY -- Modern -- 16th Century; Antiquities; Characters and characteristics; Excavations (Archaeology); Material culture; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General; British & Irish History; Material Culture; Shakespeare Studies & Criticism; Material culture; Excavations (Archaeology) -- England; England -- Antiquities; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603; England; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; Characters
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781101638118; 1101638117; 9781846146763; 1846146763
• Related ISBNs: 9780670026340; 0670026344; 9781846146756; 1846146755
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.