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Shakespeare's World: Seeing the Plays through Elizabethan Eyes
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ISBN: 9781493091324
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Description:
It goes nearly without saying that Elizabethan England, the society that produced William Shakespeare, was dramatically different than the modern world of today.
This is true not only in the most obvious ways language, technology, living standards, politics but in the ideas and beliefs that shaped Elizabethans' understanding of themselves and the world around them. Just as audiences 400 years from now will need guidance to understand concepts like "the American dream" or "wokeness," so too does an understanding of the Elizabethan worldview illuminate Shakespeare's plays in new and surprising ways.
For decades, Dennis Krausnick (1942-2018), a beloved teacher of classical acting, brought Shakespeare's world and worldview to life for professional actors as Director of Training at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. As part of the company's world-renowned actor-training program its "Month-Long Intensive" Dennis created a full-day immersive experience that helped actors experience, understand, and embody the philosophies and beliefs underlying the Elizabethan world.
A fascinating and readable distillation of the insights developed by Dennis Krausnick and Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare's World gives performers and directors an engaging tour of the Elizabethan worldview, unpacking such alien concepts as the four elements, the bodily humors, and "the great chain of being." It includes detailed notes for each Shakespeare play showing how this worldview permeates the text it will enrich the experience of anyone looking to understand and engage with Shakespeare's writing in a practical
ISBN: 9781493091324
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Description:
It goes nearly without saying that Elizabethan England, the society that produced William Shakespeare, was dramatically different than the modern world of today.
This is true not only in the most obvious ways language, technology, living standards, politics but in the ideas and beliefs that shaped Elizabethans' understanding of themselves and the world around them. Just as audiences 400 years from now will need guidance to understand concepts like "the American dream" or "wokeness," so too does an understanding of the Elizabethan worldview illuminate Shakespeare's plays in new and surprising ways.
For decades, Dennis Krausnick (1942-2018), a beloved teacher of classical acting, brought Shakespeare's world and worldview to life for professional actors as Director of Training at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. As part of the company's world-renowned actor-training program its "Month-Long Intensive" Dennis created a full-day immersive experience that helped actors experience, understand, and embody the philosophies and beliefs underlying the Elizabethan world.
A fascinating and readable distillation of the insights developed by Dennis Krausnick and Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare's World gives performers and directors an engaging tour of the Elizabethan worldview, unpacking such alien concepts as the four elements, the bodily humors, and "the great chain of being." It includes detailed notes for each Shakespeare play showing how this worldview permeates the text it will enrich the experience of anyone looking to understand and engage with Shakespeare's writing in a practical
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