Shakespeare's Restless World

"A revelation...MacGregor's choice of clocks, mirrors and swords opens a door on to the lost world of London's theatregoers in and around 1600....The interrogation of these objects yields a sequence of fascinating footnotes to Shakespeare's timeless poetry." Neil MacGregor is a world-renowned museum......more

Se siete amanti di Shakespeare, del teatro o della storia inglese, questo libro è un must! Un viaggio interessante tra la vita quotidiana, i timori, gli hobby (e molto altro) dell'Inghilterra di William Shakespeare Insomma, un gioiellino.......more

This book is both the most information, and the most fun, I have had all year. I missed the BBC radio series on which it was based, so it was all new to me. Basically, it takes 20 objects that were current in Shakespeare's time and place, from a fork dropped in the theatre, through plague proclamati......more

"Scrisse musica e canzoni per il suo teatro dando voce ai grandi successi del momento. Eppure, secoli dopo, nel ghetto di Varsavia come in un carcere del Sudafrica, Shakespeare sa parlare alla difficile condizione del nostro tempo. Per quelli che vivono i momenti più bui della storia e per quanti si a......more

This book was so engaging I read it in one train ride and was pleasantly surprised to learn how 16th century England was perceived on a nationally as well as internationally. This perception is analysed through important objects retained from that period.......more