City/Stage/Globe: Performance and Space in Shakespeare's London

250 Pages·2007·4.464 MB·English

by  D.J. Hopkins

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C/S/G
Performance and Space in Shakespeare’s London
D.J. Hopkins
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Hopkins, D. J.
City/stage/globe : performance and space in Shakespeare’s London by D.J. Hopkins.
p. cm. -- (Literary criticism and cultural theory)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-97694-4
1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--England--London.
2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
3. Theater--England--London--History--16th century. 4.
Theater--England--London--History--17th century. 5. London
(England)--History--16th century. 6. London (England)--History--17th century. I.
Title.
PR3091.H65 2007
822.3’3--dc22 2007015935
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Contents
List of Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
Cities and Spaces 1
Chapter One
Writing and Performing in “Postmedieval” London 13
Chapter Two
Pedestrian Mappings 65
Chapter Three
The Boredom of King James 103
Chapter Four
“To See Caesar” 147
Conclusion
“The Business of an Age” 183
Notes 193
Bibliography 211
Index 229
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List of Figures
Frontispiece: Satellite photo of Lower Manhattan, Sept. 12, 2001 xiii
Figure 1: The “Ditchley Portrait” of Elizabeth I 15
Figure 2: London. W. de Worde 65
Figure 3: London to Rome itinerary. M. Paris 73
Figure 4: London to Rome itinerary, inset, M. Paris 74
Figure 5: London. From an edition of the poems of Charles, Duke
of Orleans 80
Figure 6: The most recently discovered (1996) of three known
plates from the copperplate map 85
Figure 7: London. Braun and Hogenberg 87
Figure 8: Civitas Londini. Norden 90
Figure 9: London. Visscher 96
Figure 10: London. Hollar’s “long view,” inset 99
Figure 11: The Londinium Arch. From The Arches of Triumph,
Harrison 111
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