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Description
What did Shakespeare's first audiences know about the objects they saw on stage in his plays? How would people have understood them and how many of those things would we still recognise today? In the highly gendered and class-conscious society in which Shakespeare lived, we find out who owned these things, and who used them along racialised and gendered lines.
This book provides compelling introductions to 50+ objects and offers an 'object biography' of each thing, exploring the important work it did in the houses, shops, streets and civic spaces of early modern England.
Table of Contents
Introduction
List of Illustrations
1. Bed
2. Book
3. Carpet
4. Chamber
5. Chest/Coffer/Trunk
6. Chimney/Hearth/Fireplace
7. Clock/Watch
8. Closet/Study
9. Codpiece/Points
10. Dinner/Supper
11. Doublet
12. Gift
13. Gown
14. Handkerchief
15. Hat/Cap
16. Hose/Stockings
17. House
18. Ink
19. Letter
20. Lights/Lanterns/Lamps/Links/Torches
21. Linen
22. Lute
23. Perfume/Sweet
24. Picture/Painting/Portrait
25. Ship/Boat/Bark
26. Silk/Satin/Velvet
27. Spoon
28. Spur
29. Stool
30. Sword
31. Table
32. Tapestry/Arras
33. Token
Index
List of Illustrations
1. Bed
2. Book
3. Carpet
4. Chamber
5. Chest/Coffer/Trunk
6. Chimney/Hearth/Fireplace
7. Clock/Watch
8. Closet/Study
9. Codpiece/Points
10. Dinner/Supper
11. Doublet
12. Gift
13. Gown
14. Handkerchief
15. Hat/Cap
16. Hose/Stockings
17. House
18. Ink
19. Letter
20. Lights/Lanterns/Lamps/Links/Torches
21. Linen
22. Lute
23. Perfume/Sweet
24. Picture/Painting/Portrait
25. Ship/Boat/Bark
26. Silk/Satin/Velvet
27. Spoon
28. Spur
29. Stool
30. Sword
31. Table
32. Tapestry/Arras
33. Token
Index
Product details
| Published | 25 Jun 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781350123595 |
| Imprint | The Arden Shakespeare |
| Illustrations | 60 colour illustrations |
| Series | Arden Shakespeare Insights |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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