Excerpt from A Book for Shakespeare Plays and Pageants: A Treasury of Elizabethan and Shakespearean Detail for Producers, Stage Managers, Actors, Artists and Students The effort to present to the general reader a vivid picture of Shakespeare, as set against the back ground of his own age, has of course been made many times, with success. The present volume at tempts this with especial reference to Shakespeare productions or Shakespeare celebrations, and brings to bear upon them as many as possible of the re sources and safeguards provided by Shakespearian research. The emphasis thus converges strongly upon Shakespeare and his plays, although the book is meant to be helpful in the production of any Elizabethan play or any representation of Eliza bethan life' and much of the material offered is as applicable in these directions as in the other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.