Shakespeare and the Prince of Love : The Feast of Misrule in the Middle Temple

by ARLIDGE ANTHONY

• ISBN13: 9781900357197
• ISBN10: 1900357194
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Giles de La Mare

Summary

Through his researches in the rich archive of 16th and 17th century manuscripts and documents at the Middle Temple in London, where he is a senior barrister, Anthony Arlidge has revealed that Shakespeare'sTwelfth Nightwas commissioned for performance there in 1602. Middle Temple Hall is the only building surviving from Shakespeare's time where it is known that one of his plays had its first night. In the course of the book, Anthony Arlidge describes in detail the background of the contemporary legal world, and brings to life the extravagant literary and social milieu of the Elizabethan Inns of Court in all its complexity.Shakespeare and the Prince of Loveis written in such a way that it will have a strong appeal to the general reader as well as to Shakespeare enthusiasts, students of English literature, and historians.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Professor Anne Barton
Foreword	ix
Sir Louis Blom-Cooper Q.C.
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction: The Detective Trail	1	(7)
Twelfth Night or What You Will	8	(13)
Mad Days	21	(16)
Temple Connections	37	(10)
The Greasy Pole	47	(13)
Revellers All	60	(12)
The Mermaid Club	72	(13)
What's in a Name?	85	(12)
Sources	97	(11)
Postscript: Troilus and Cressida	108	(4)
Skeleton Argument	112	(6)
The Original Performance	118	(5)
Appendix I: Later Performances	123	(3)
Appendix II: The Revels of 1597/8	126	(39)
End Notes	165	(9)
Bibliography	174	(3)
Index	177