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Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King's Men

By (author) Lucy Munro

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Created when James I granted royal patronage to the former Chamberlainâ€™s Men in 1603, the Kingâ€™s Men were the first playing company to exercise a transformative influence on Shakespeareâ€™s plays. Not only did Shakespeare write his plays with them in mind, but they were also the first group to revive his plays, and the first to have them revised, either by Shakespeare himself or by other dramatists after his retirement. Drawing on theatre history, performance studies, cultural history and book history, Shakespeare in the Theatre: The Kingâ€™s Men reappraises the company as theatre artists, analysing in detail the performance practices, cultural contexts and political pressures that helped to shape and reshape Shakespeareâ€™s plays between 1603 and 1642. Reconsidering casting and acting styles, staging and playing venues, audience response, influence and popularity, and local, national and international politics, the book presents case-studies of performances of Macbeth, The Tempest, The Winterâ€™s Tale, Richard II, Henry VIII, Othello and Pericles alongside a broader reappraisal of the repertory of the company and the place of Shakespeareâ€™s plays within it.