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Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609

Name: Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609
Author: Bernard Beckerman

Bernard Beckerman

Read by James R. Hedrick · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Introduction (22:21)
Chapter One - The Repertory Part 1 (30:57)
Chapter One - The Repertory Part 2 (33:15)
Chapter Two - The Dramaturgy (8:43)
I. Premises for a Study of Shakespearean Dramatic Form (22:56)
II. Form and Function in the Finales of the Globe Plays (12:52)
III. The Nature and Form of the "Climax" in the Globe Plays (15:04)
IV. Structural Patterns in the Dramatic Narrative (24:27)
V. Scene Structure in Shakespeare (9:36)
VI. Dramatic Unity in the Globe Plays (12:03)
Chapter Three - The Stage (3:13)
I. Localization in Shakespeare's Globe Plays (13:56)
II. The Parts of the Stage SubPart 1 (22:31)
II. The Parts of the Stage SubPart 2 (34:39)
II. The Parts of the Stage SubPart 3 (34:02)
III. The Design of the Stage (18:51)
Chapter Four - The Acting (12:15)
I. The Relation of Tudor Rhetoric to Elizabethan Acting (20:44)
II. The Influence of Theatrical Traditions upon Elizabethan Acting (17:10)
III. The Effect of Playing Conditions upon Elizabethan Acting (25:14)
IV. Acting and the Elizabethan View of Human Behavior (24:47)
V. The Effect of the Globe Plays upon Acting (25:58)
Chapter 5 The Staging I. Stage Illusion at the Globe Playhouse (29:54)
II. Stage Grouping at the Globe Playhouse (19:35)
III. Actors' Entrances upon the Globe Stage (17:03)
IV. Recurrent Patterns of Staging SubPart 1 (33:46)
IV. Recurrent Patterns of Staging SubPart 2 (30:45)
V. The Staging of the Finales (14:46)
Chapter 6 The Style (7:30)