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12%OFFJanet Birkett (Ed.) - Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum - 9781848423619 - V9781848423619
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum

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Description for Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum Paperback. A fascinating selection of one hundred objects, each illustrated in full colour and accompanied by a compact essay, chosen by the Victoria and Albert Museum's curators for the insight they afford into the world of Shakespeare and his plays. Editor(s): Birkett, Janet. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 798.

Within the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the world's leading museum of art and design, there lies an extraordinary wealth of material relating to a single individual: the playwright William Shakespeare.

This book presents a fascinating selection of one hundred objects – often surprising, always delightful – chosen by the museum’s curators for the insight each affords into the world of Shakespeare and his plays.

The objects are drawn from across the V&A's rich and varied collections. There are paintings, sculptures, pieces of jewellery, engravings and figurines. There are posters and playbills, costume designs, ... Read more

Amongst the more unexpected objects are a bed (the Great Bed of Ware, which Shakespeare mentions in Twelfth Night), a sword (presented to Edmund Kean after his performance as Macbeth) and a real human skull (Yorick to Jonathan Pryce's Hamlet).

Some of the greatest Shakespearean performances and productions of all time are memorialised, including Sarah Bernhardt’s Hamlet, Ellen Terry's Lady Macbeth, John Gielgud's Lear, Olivier's Richard III, Paul Robeson's Othello, many of Henry Irving's performances, David Garrick's celebratory Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 and Peter Brook's iconic 1970 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Each object is illustrated in full colour and is accompanied by a compact essay on its history, its provenance, and what it has to tell us about Shakespeare and his plays, particularly in performance.

The result is a book that not only underlines Shakespeare's infinite variety, but also reveals his astonishing legacy in material things, a substantial pageant that has not faded.

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Product Details

Publisher
NICK HERN BOOKS
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848423619
SKU
V9781848423619
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

Reviews for Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum
'An attractive book containing lots of gems of information about our national playwright from across history... an easy, enjoyable and informative read'
British Theatre Guide
'Beautiful... This book not only illuminates the reader's understanding of Shakespeare but highlights this extraordinary wealth of material in the [V&A's] collections. It's the sort of book you will come to again and ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum


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