GLOBE: LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE’S LONDON
Book ID/图书代码： 12290014B68528
English Summary/英文概要： The life of William Shakespeare, Britain’s greatest dramatist, was inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came of age and confronted triumph and tragedy. Triumph came when Shakespeare’s company, the Chamberlain’s Men, opened the Globe playhouse on Bankside in 1599, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I. Tragedy touched the lives of many of his contemporaries, from fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe to the disgraced Earl of Essex, while London struggled against the ever-present threat of riots, rebellions and outbreaks of plague.
Globetakes its readers on a tour of London through Shakespeare’s life and work, as, in fascinating detail, Catharine Arnold tells how acting came of age. We learn about James Burbage, founder of the original Theatre in Shoreditch, who carried timbers across the Thames to build the Globe among the bear-gardens and brothels of Bankside, and of the terrible night in 1613 when the theatre caught fire during a performance of King Henry VIII. Rebuilt, the Globe continued to stand as a monument to Shakespeare’s genius until 1642 when it was destroyed on the orders of Oliver Cromwell. And finally we learn how 300 years later, Shakespeare’s Globe opened once more upon the Bankside, to great acclaim, rising like a phoenix from the flames Arnold creates a vivid portrait of Shakespeare and his London from the bard’s own plays and contemporary sources, combining a novelist’s eye for detail with a historian’s grasp of his unique contribution to the development of the English theatre. This is a portrait of Shakespeare, London, the man and the myth.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 英國最偉大劇作家威廉．莎士比亞的人生與倫敦歷史緊緊相連。偉大的作家與偉大的城市逐漸成熟，經歷大起大落。1599年，莎士比亞的公司——宮務大臣劇團(the Chamberlain’s Men) 由伊莉莎白女王一世贊助，於泰晤士河南岸建立了環球劇場(the Globe playhouse)。莎士比亞的悲劇感動不少他的同代人，從同為劇作家的克里斯多福．馬洛(Christopher Marlowe)到惡名昭彰的艾塞克斯公爵(Earl of Essex)，倫敦經歷一連串暴動、反叛及瘟疫蔓延。環球劇院帶領讀者開始一場倫敦之旅，穿越近觀莎士比亞的生活與工作，作者凱瑟琳．阿諾德提供有趣的細節，描述這間戲院如何趨向成熟。
環球劇場的前身位於肖迪奇(Shoreditch)，它的創始者，詹姆士．伯比奇(James Burbage)，將木材運過泰晤士河，於南岸的鬥熊競技場與妓院之中重新建成環球劇院，此劇院卻在1613年演出《亨利八世》時遭遇火災。重建之後，環球戲院持續作為莎士比亞戲劇天份發揮的地點，直到1642年被克倫威爾(Oliver Cromwell)下令摧毀。三百年後，莎士比亞的環球劇場重新於南岸開張，備受讚揚，如同浴火鳳凰般重生，阿諾德描繪了一幅生動的肖像，講述莎士比亞與他的倫敦。從莎士比亞的劇作及當代史料，結合小說家對於細節的眼光及歷史學家掌握史實的能力，描述莎士比亞如何在倫敦發展他的戲劇志業，並為倫敦戲劇業做出貢獻。(Ramona)
Awards/获奖情况：’A vivid account…Arnold is at her best in comparing the modern theatre with the gross conditions in which Shakespeare’s contemporaries watched proceedings.’ --The Times
About the Author/作者介绍： 作者 凱薩琳．阿諾德Catharine Arnold
於劍橋大學修讀英國文學，擁有心理學學位。現為記者、學術及大眾歷史學家，她之前的著作小說《失落的時間》(Lost Time)獲得貝蒂特拉斯克文學獎(Betty Trask award)，與《古墓：倫敦與它的逝者》(Necropolis: London and Its Dead)、《貝特萊姆與罪惡之城》(Bedlam and City of Sin)合為前三本倫敦系列。阿諾德現居諾丁漢。
Catharine Arnold read English at Cambridge and holds a further degree in psychology. A journalist, academic and popular historian, her previous books include the novel Lost Time, winner of a Betty Trask award, and the acclaimed Necropolis: London and Its Dead, Bedlam and City ofSin, the first three volumes of her ’London’ series. She lives in Nottingham.
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