Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sir William Davenant and the Duke’s Company

Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sir William Davenant and the Duke’s Company
Author: Amanda Eubanks Winkler
Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-05-18
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1350273481

Eubanks Winkler and Schoch reveal how – and why – the first generation to stage Shakespeare after Shakespeare's lifetime changed absolutely everything. Founder of the Duke's Company, Sir William Davenant influenced how Shakespeare was performed in a profound and lasting way. This open access book provides the first performance-based account of Restoration Shakespeare, exploring the precursors to Davenant's approach to Restoration Shakespeare, the cultural context of Restoration theatre, the theatre spaces in which the Duke's Company performed, Davenant's adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, acting styles, and the lasting legacy of Davenant's approach to staging Shakespeare. The eBook editions of this work are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Queen's University Belfast.

Shakespeare's Bastard

Shakespeare's Bastard
Author: Simon Stirling
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2016-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0750968567

Sir William Davenant (1606–1668) – Poet Laureate and Civil War hero – is one of the most influential and neglected figures in the history of British theatre. He introduced ‘opera’, actresses, scenes and the proscenium arch to the English stage. Narrowly escaping execution for his Royalist activities during the Civil War, he revived theatrical performances in London, right under Oliver Cromwell’s nose. Nobody, perhaps, did more to secure Shakespeare’s reputation or to preserve the memory of the Bard.Davenant was known to boast over a glass of wine that he wrote ‘with the very spirit’ of Shakespeare and was happy to be thought of as Shakespeare’s son. By recounting the story of his eventful life backwards, through his many trials and triumphs, this biography culminates with a fresh examination of the vexed issue of Davenant’s paternity. Was Sir William’s mother the voluptuous and maddening ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and was he Shakespeare’s ‘lovely boy’?

The Case for Shakespeare

The Case for Shakespeare
Author: Scott McCrea
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2005-01-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Demonstrates that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon really did write the plays and poems attributed to him via a literary forensics case that puts all other authorship theories to rest.

The Tempest

The Tempest
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1720
Genre:
ISBN:

Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century

Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Fiona Ritchie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2012-04-19
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0521898609

This book examines Shakespeare's influence and popularity in all aspects of eighteenth-century literature, culture and society.

Sir William Davenant

Sir William Davenant
Author: Alfred Harbage
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1512816655

First thorough biography of the colorful and gifted seventeenth-century playwright who was also the father of English opera, the first to use English actresses in his plays, and the creator of modern stage construction.

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare
Author: Bruce R. Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN: 9781107057258

This transhistorical, international and interdisciplinary work will be of interest to students, theater professionals and Shakespeare scholars.