The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays

About this book

Which plays are included under the heading 'Shakespeare's last plays', and when does Shakespeare's 'last' period begin? What is meant by a 'late play', and what are the benefits in defining plays in this way? Reflecting the recent growth of interest in late studies, and recognising the gaps in accessible scholarship on this area, in this book leading international Shakespeare scholars address these and many other questions. The essays locate Shakespeare's last plays - single and co-authored - in the period of their composition, consider the significant characteristics of their Jacobean context, and explore the rich afterlives, on stage, in print and other media of The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Pericles, The Two Noble Kinsmen and Henry VIII. The volume opens with a historical timeline that places the plays in the contexts of contemporary political events, theatrical events, other cultural milestones, Shakespeare's life and that of his playing company, the King's Men.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO: SHAKESPEARE’S LAST PLAYS
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  7. ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. HISTORICAL TIMELINE
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 What is a ‘late play’?
  11. 2 Blackfriars, music and masque: theatrical contexts of the last plays
  12. 3 The literary and dramatic contexts of the last plays
  13. 4 Politics, religion, geography and travel: historical contexts of the last plays
  14. 5 ‘You speak a language that I understand not’: listening to the last plays
  15. 6 The Winter’s Tale: shifts in staging and status
  16. 7 Cymbeline: the afterlife
  17. 8 Literary invocations of The Tempest
  18. 9 Pericles: the afterlife
  19. 10 The Two Noble Kinsmen and King Henry VIII: the last last plays
  20. FURTHER READING
  21. INDEX