Fashion in the Time of William Shakespeare

by Sarah Jane Downing

Garments and accessories are prominent in almost all of William Shakespeare's plays, from Hamlet and Othello to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night. The statement 'the apparel oft proclaims the man' was one that would have resonated with their audiences: the rise of England's merchant class had made issues of rank central to Elizabethan debate, and a rigid table of sumptuary laws carefully regulated the sorts of fabric and garment worn by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074781354X
• ISBN13: 9780747813545
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.1"