S Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609 Bernard Beckerman
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Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609

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  1. Introduction

    22:21

  2. Chapter One - The Repertory Part 1

    30:57

  3. Chapter One - The Repertory Part 2

    33:15

  4. Chapter Two - The Dramaturgy

    8:43

  5. I. Premises for a Study of Shakespearean Dramatic Form

    22:56

  6. II. Form and Function in the Finales of the Globe Plays

    12:52

  7. III. The Nature and Form of the "Climax" in the Globe Plays

    15:04

  8. IV. Structural Patterns in the Dramatic Narrative

    24:27

  9. V. Scene Structure in Shakespeare

    9:36

  10. VI. Dramatic Unity in the Globe Plays

    12:03

  11. Chapter Three - The Stage

    3:13

  12. I. Localization in Shakespeare's Globe Plays

    13:56

  13. II. The Parts of the Stage SubPart 1

    22:31

  14. II. The Parts of the Stage SubPart 2

    34:39

  15. II. The Parts of the Stage SubPart 3

    34:02

  16. III. The Design of the Stage

    18:51

  17. Chapter Four - The Acting

    12:15

  18. I. The Relation of Tudor Rhetoric to Elizabethan Acting

    20:44

  19. II. The Influence of Theatrical Traditions upon Elizabethan Acting

    17:10

  20. III. The Effect of Playing Conditions upon Elizabethan Acting

    25:14

  21. IV. Acting and the Elizabethan View of Human Behavior

    24:47

  22. V. The Effect of the Globe Plays upon Acting

    25:58

  23. Chapter 5 The Staging I. Stage Illusion at the Globe Playhouse

    29:54

  24. II. Stage Grouping at the Globe Playhouse

    19:35

  25. III. Actors' Entrances upon the Globe Stage

    17:03

  26. IV. Recurrent Patterns of Staging SubPart 1

    33:46

  27. IV. Recurrent Patterns of Staging SubPart 2

    30:45

  28. V. The Staging of the Finales

    14:46

  29. Chapter 6 The Style

    7:30

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Actors, audiences and a newly built playhouse provide the starting point for Bernard Beckerman's study of Shakespearean performance. Published in 1962, it examines the Globe company's London work from 1599 to 1609, relating the theater's organization to the plays produced there. The introduction traces the building of the Globe, the stability of its company and the later acquisition of the indoor Blackfriars theater.

The chapters move from repertory and dramatic structure to stage design, acting and the arrangement of scenes in performance. In the middle excerpt, Beckerman considers actors' backgrounds in trades and apprenticeships, alongside evidence of wit, dancing and physical skill in earlier companies. He weighs incomplete records carefully, distinguishing established facts from suggested identifications. Readers interested in staging Shakespeare can use the book to connect the printed plays with the working conditions, theatrical traditions and practical choices that shaped their presentation.

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Reading time
About 7 hours
Pages
198
Language
English
Genre
Theater
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Audio read by
James R. Hedrick