Shakespeare wrote more than fifty parts for children; amounting to the first comprehensive portrait of childhood in the English theatre. Focusing mostly on boys; he put sons against fathers; servants against masters; innocence against experience; testing the notion of masculinity; manners; morals; and the limits of patriarchal power. He explored the nature of relationships and ideas about parenting in terms of nature and nurture; permissiveness and discipline; innocence and evil. He wrote about education; adolescent rebellion; delinquency; fostering; and child-killing; as well as the idea of the redemptive child who lsquo;curesrsquo; diseased adult imaginations. lsquo;Childnessrsquo; ndash; the essential nature of being a child ndash; remains a vital critical issue for us today. In Shakespeare and Childrsquo;s-Play Carol Rutter shows how recent performances on stage and film have used the range of Shakespearersquo;s insights in order to re-examine and re-think these issues in terms of todayrsquo;s society and culture.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Northern Calaveras CountyBy 8WintersI purchased this book and the Amador and Ione book as Christmas gifts for my father. He loved both of them. It was neat seeing the pictures of the area that we live in and seeing how much different places have changed and what has remained the same and reading about the history of this place. I would love to see more of these books and will probably be purchasing more in the future.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Pictorial History of a Well-Known CountyBy CustomerMark Twain made Calavaras County a household name; but theres more to its history than a jumping frog. This books pictorial overview of this area; especially from the 1850s on; provides a real flavor of the pioneering (and prospecting) spirit that helped settle it.The book consists almost entirely of historic photos; typically two per page; with detailed captions explaining the context and history surrounding the photo. Introductory text for each chapter groups the photos by theme; but its easy to flip through the book to find an interesting photo and read about how it came to be.This is an excellent book for anyone interested in California history; as it adds faces; buildings; clothing styles and other details to other presentations to bring the history to life.
