Ebook: Shakespeare Without Tears

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One; 1. First Person Singular; 2. Introducing an Englishman; 3. Backstage in 1600; 4. Old Tools and Modern Usage; 5. "These Our Actors"; 6. "Unwillingly to School"; Part Two; 7. The Early Plays; 8. The Histories; 9. The Comedies; 10. The Tragic Essence; 11. Plays Unpleasant; 12. "Sad, High, and Working"; 13. "Music at the Close"; Conclusion; 14. Shakespeare Today; Index; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST.;A prominent producer-director of Shakespeare's plays writes with wit and verve about the Elizabethan theater and subsequent modifications in theatrical practice, differences between actors and audiences in Shakespeare's day and ours, and more "There is not an obscure or otherwise dull page in the book."--N.Y. Times Book Review.