Shakespeare at the Globe 1599–1609, by Bernard Beckerman

Acknowledgments			v
Introduction			ix
One: THE REPERTORY			1
Two: THE DRAMATURGY			24
	I.	Premises for a Study of Shakespearean Dramatic Form	27
	II.	Form and Function in the Finales of the Globe Plays	35
	III.	The Nature and Form of the “Climax” in the Globe Plays	40
	IV.	Structural Patterns in the Dramatic Narrative	45
	V.	Scene Structure in Shakespeare	54
	VI.	Dramatic Unity in the Globe Plays	57
Three: THE STAGE			63
	I.	Localization in Shakespeare’s Globe Plays	64
	II.	The Parts of the Stage	69
	III.	The Design of the Stage	101
Four: THE ACTING			109
	I.	The Relation of Tudor Rhetoric to Elizabethan Acting	113
	II.	The Influence of Theatrical Traditions upon Elizabethan Acting	121
	III.	The Effect of Playing Conditions upon Elizabethan Acting	127
	IV.	Acting and the Elizabethan View of Human Behavior	137
		a) Decorum	139
		b) Motivation	142
		c) Passion	143
	V.	The Effect of the Globe Plays upon the Acting	146
Five: THE STAGING			157
	I.	Stage Illusion at the Globe Playhouse	157
	II.	Stage Grouping at the Globe Playhouse	169
	III.	Actors’ Entrances upon the Globe Stage	176
	IV.	Recurrent Patterns of Staging	182
	V.	The Staging of the Finales	207
Six: THE STYLE			214
Appendix A			217
Appendix B			220
Appendix C			226
Notes			232
Index to the Globe Plays			245
General Index			248

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