04442oam 2200757 a 450 991096083130332120241216195041.097984006176219786610468805978128046880312804688079780313012747031301274110.5040/9798400617621(CKB)111087027039330(OCoLC)52712490(CaPaEBR)ebrary10040701(SSID)ssj0000110436(PQKBManifestationID)11138179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110436(PQKBWorkID)10064116(PQKB)10801341(Au-PeEL)EBL3000882(CaPaEBR)ebr10040701(CaONFJC)MIL46880(OCoLC)1435635607(DLC)BP9798400617621BC(MiAaPQ)EBC3000882(Perlego)4202593(EXLCZ)9911108702703933020020115e20022024 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe best actors in the world Shakespeare and his acting company /David Grote1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (304 p.)Contributions in drama and theatre studies,0163-3821 ;no. 97Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780313320880 0313320888 Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-284) and index.Machine generated contents note: Introduction xiii -- 1: Prologue 1 -- 2: From Cross Keys to The Theatre, 1594-97 21 -- 3: The Crisis Years, 1597-98 53 -- 4: The Globe and Kemp's Exit, 1599-1600 77 -- 5: Life Without Kemp, 1600-03 99 -- 6: The King's Men, 1603-06 123 -- 7: Replacing Shakespeare, 1607-10 159 -- 8: Shakespeare Bows Out, 1610-13 191 -- 9: Epilogue 213 -- Appendix A: Doubling Roles 219 -- Appendix B: Charts 223 -- Chart A: Timeline of Productions for Shakespeare's Company 224 -- Chart B: Probable Casting of Chamberlain's Men Plays 228 -- Chart C: Probable Casting of King's Men Plays, 1604-08 238 -- Chart D: Probable Casting of King's Men Plays, 1610-14 246 -- Chart E: Acting Company Shares 252 -- Chart F: Globe Partnership Shares 253.Shakespeare knew actors because he was one. The first book-length study of its kind, this volume investigates Shakespeare as a member of his acting company, dating and casting all the plays they presented from 1594 to 1614, and exploring the effects of actors on his writing. Much has been written about Shakespeare and a great deal is known about the Elizabethan theater. Yet little has been done to examine Shakespeare in relation to his acting company. This book casts light on Shakespeare's life in drama and the creation and staging of his plays. More precisely than any other work, it establishes the dates for his company's productions, exploring the varied and profound influences actors had on the works of Renaissance dramatists, and giving us a unique look at the man who knew his actors best of all. As a member of the newly organized Chamberlain's Men, a company that rose to fame in the London theater, Shakespeare experienced the numerous crises, both personal and political, that nearly destroyed the company at the construction of the Globe. Grote describes the company's reorganization as the King's Men, which led to the writing of Shakespeare's great tragedies, as well as the trials of the plague years, Shakespeare's retirement from the stage, the development of writers to replace him, and the burning of the Globe. Contributions in drama and theatre studies ;no. 97.Theatrical companiesEnglandHistory16th centuryTheatrical companiesEnglandHistory17th centuryActingHistory16th centuryActingHistory17th centuryTheatrical companiesHistoryTheatrical companiesHistoryActingHistoryActingHistory792/.0942/09031Grote David1798387DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910960831303321The best actors in the world4341118UNINA