Shakespeare and the Staging of English History

• Allows students to picture the plays as staged in Shakespeare's theatre
• Breaks down scenes into shorter units so that Shakespeare's dramatic techniques become visible
• Chapters explore topics including the use of presenters or choric figures; the creation of horizontally and vertically divided stage pictures; and how bodies move, gesture, occupy space, and handle objects

Readership: Students and scholars of Shakespeare

Janette Dillon, Professor of Drama at the University of Nottingham

Janette Dillon is Professor of Drama at the University of Nottingham and author of The Language of Space in Court Performance, 1400-1625 (CUP, 2010), The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Tragedies (CUP, 2007), The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre (CUP, 2006) and numerous other books and articles on medieval and early modern theatre

1: Introduction
2: Pageants and Presenters
3: Stage picture: the horizontal axis
4: Stage Picture: the vertical axis
5: Symbolic Objects and the Ceremonial Body
6: Bodies and Objects in Domestic Space
7: Close-ups
8: History and Providence
9: The Power of the State
Notes
Further Reading
Index

Janette Dillon reads for Paul Edmondson's blog