Shakespeare in Cambridge: A Celebration of the Shakespeare Festival

by Andrew Muir

Book Overview

Opening with a look at a Cambridge play satirising Shakespeare in his own time, we follow Cambridge's part in Shakespeare appreciation through the centuries. Against this background the book celebrates the annual open-air Cambridge Shakespeare Festival. Playing yearly to around 25,000 people of all ages and from all backgrounds, the festival has been running since 1988. The book illuminates the manner in which their productions increase our pleasure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445641054
• ISBN13: 9781445641058
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"