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Shakespeare and material culture
Catherine Richardson, 2011

ISBN10: n/a    ISBN13: 9780199562275


What is the significance of Shylock's ring in The Merchant of Venice? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet in Hamlet? Why does Ariel prepare a banquet in The Tempest? In order to answer these questions, Shakespeare and Material Culture explores performance from the perspective of the material conditions of staging.