John C. Meagher
This book explores major resources and limitations that formed the context of Shakespeare's playmaking, and are now the context of our examination of his plays. From a survey of significant phenomena in the earliest texts, this study proceeds to elicit the features of the stages envisioned for the plays, how Shakespeare used his acting company, costumes, stage properties, and music, and the nature of the audiences for whom he wrote. It attends to general tendencies and to highly specific effects, arguing throughout that we can discern in the texts particular intentional designs that indicate Shakespeare's careful planning and the need for his participation in preparing his plays for performance in the course of rehearsals. The book gathers together a considerable body of material for concretely situating Shakespeare's dramatic work, offers resolutions to some contentious matters and critical reflection on questionable assumptions, and provides examples of previously unnoticed accomplishments in Shakespeare's stagecraft. John C. Meagher is a member of the English Department of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto.
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