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produced by William Snead

Staging Shakespeare
Professor Melissa Aaron examines Shakespearean theater as a commercial enterprise of popular entertainment in Elizabethan England. She describes how Shakespeare's theater company was a joint stock corporation in which the partners-Shakespeare included-owned shares, participated in the operation of the theater, and divided house receipts according to the partners ranking in the company.

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The Globe
In this program Professor Aaron takes us on a guided tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theater. She describes its structure and layout, the techniques and mechanics of presentation, and the relationship of the audience to the actors and the stage.

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Shakespeare and Royal Succession Part 1
This is the first of two programs defining the English system of royal succession and the English kings whose reigns provided the source for Shakespeare's ten history plays. In this program Professor Rocklin describes the elements of the system by which the office of king was inherited.

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Shakespeare and Royal Succession Part 2
In this program we follow the genealogy of the Tudor and Plantagenet familites. It is the history of these families that are the basis for Shakespeare's history plays.

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last update: January 12, 2005
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