The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Last Plays Cambridge Companions to Literature 1st Edition by Catherine M S Alexander ISBN 0521708192 9780521708197

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ISBN 10: 0521708192

ISBN 13: 9780521708197 

Author: Catherine M. S. Alexander 

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.

Table of contents:

1. Historical Timeline

2. Preface

3. What is a ‘Late Play’?

4. Blackfriars, Music and Masque: Theatrical Contexts of the Last Plays

5. The Literary and Dramatic Contexts of the Last Plays

6. Politics, Religion, Geography and Travel: Historical Contexts of the Last Plays

7. ‘You Speak a Language That I Understand Not’: Listening to the Last Plays

8. The Winter’s Tale: Shifts in Staging and Status

9. Cymbeline: The Afterlife

10. Literary Invocations of The Tempest

11. Pericles: The Afterlife

12. The Two Noble Kinsmen and King Henry VIII: The Last Last Plays

13. Further Reading

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