Shakespeare's Mystery Play
Publishing Details
Shakespeare's Mystery Play
By (Author) Steve Sohmer
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
13th May 1999
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
Theatre studies
822.33
Physical Properties
304
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
Through considerable detective work, this work sets out to show that "Julius Caeser" was the first play performed at the new Globe Theatre on 12 June 1599. Drawing on many areas of expertise, which are rarely allied in Shakespeare scholarship to such an extent, including biblical, liturgical, social and theatrical history, the author sheds new light not only on "Julius Caeser" but on a variety of accepted beliefs. These include: why Hamlet was not crowned king when his father died; why Brutus would not swear to murder Caeser; why the Elizabethan authorities retained the Julian calender; and why the orthodox dates of the first composition of both "Twelfth Night" and "Hamlet" can be called into question.
Author Bio
Steve Sohmer is Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford and a Research Associate at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
