Bifold Authority in Shakespeare's Theatre.

LONDON (England); ENGLAND

Discusses the use of the term “authority” and its multiple meanings as a way of taking readers into the changing world of London, England and the public theater in the late 1590s. Placement of the Globe theater at geographical, economic and historical points where the source of authority was ambiguous or was actually being contested; Demonstration that authority in William Shakespeare's theater was not single, not given, not preordinated; Bifold authority of the stage presentation itself; Reading of the Chorus' speeches in the play “Henry V.”