Summary
Stanley Wells: Shakespeare and the Company
This book attempts to determine Shakespeare's position in relation to the actors and other writers of his time in an appropriate and, where possible, entertaining way. He follows and continues to develop contemporary critical and scientific thought that does not see Shakespeare as a lone giant, but as a full member of the theater community, a busy playwright with professional obligations to the rest of the theater staff, without whose help his art would not be so successful. The author examines the context in which Shakespeare's works were created and manages to find a way to offer the reader something original. His focus in this book is clearly defined: it is the theater world to which Shakespeare belonged and for which he created, and the basic question - how creating for certain theater troupes and certain actors influenced the very composition of Shakespeare's plays. An outstanding knowledge of the issue, a great style that plays between relaxation and science, an approach without fanaticism and imposing conclusions, all this made Wells fulfill the basic task he set himself in this book: "If we see Shakespeare as one of the members of a great company, we will become more aware of what makes him unique."
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