{"product_id":"region-religion-and-patronage-lancastrian-shakespeare-9780719063695","title":"Region Religion and Patronage Lancastrian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the network of social, political and spiritual connections in north west England during Shakespeare's formative years, this text discusses how the surrounding cultural context may have shaped him as an artist, looking at \"Twelfth Night\", \"Romeo and Juliet\" and \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations \u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. \"The useless dearness of the diamond\": patronage theatre and  households – Suzanne Westfall\u003cbr\u003e3. The management of mirth: Shakepeare via Bourdieu – Richard Wilson\u003cbr\u003e4. Between astrology and adolatry: modes of temporal repetition in Romeo and Juliet – Phillipa Berry\u003cbr\u003e5. Country house, Catholicity and the cryptic in Twelfth Night – Anne Lecercle\u003cbr\u003e6. Recusancy, festivity and community: The Simpsons at Gowlthwaite Hall – Phebe Jensen\u003cbr\u003e7. Suicide at the elephant and castle or, did the lady vanish? Alternative endings for early modern women writers – \u003cbr\u003eMarion Wynne Davies\u003cbr\u003e8. Shakespeare and Lancaster – Richard Dutton\u003cbr\u003e9. The Shireburnes of Stonyhurst: memory and survival in a Lancashire Catholic recusant family – John Callow and Michael Mullett\u003cbr\u003e10. Lancashire, Shakepeare and the cosntrucion of cultural neighbourhoods in sixteenth century England – Mary A. Blackstone\u003cbr\u003e11. A family tradition: Dramatic patronage by the Earls of Derby – Sally-Beth MacLean\u003cbr\u003e12. The playhouse at Prescot and the 1592–4 plague – David George\u003cbr\u003e13. Regional performance in Shakepeare's time – Peter Greenfield\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037294625111,"sku":"9780719063695","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719063695.jpg?v=1750935202","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/region-religion-and-patronage-lancastrian-shakespeare-9780719063695","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}