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These few books are highly recommended for the fairegoer who is just beginning their studies. These books should be in any fairegoer's library.
Daily
Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L. Singman. Written for living
history
enthusiasts, it combines a hands-on approach with the best of current
research. Organized for easy reference, it is enlivened with how-to sections
- recipes, clothing patterns, songs and games, all gathered from original sources.
Highly recomended! Buy
it now!
Trippingly
on the Tongue: A Booke of Instruction for Speaking Early Modern English
by Laura Crockett. This book should be in every beginning Elizabethan actor's
library. The author teaches Elizabethan grammar in a way that's easy to understand
and is fun to learn. Highly recomended! Buy
it now! NOTE: you may not be able to purchase this book through Barnes &
Noble.com. This book is usually in stock at Chivalry
Sports.
If you want to learn how to Speek Forsoothly,
these books are for you. I've listed basic primers, lexicons, and advanced grammar books here.
Trippingly on the Tongue: A Booke of Instruction for Speaking Early Modern English by Laura Crockett. This book should be in every beginning Elizabethan actor's library. The author teaches Elizabethan grammar in a way that's easy to understand and is fun to learn. Highly recomended! Buy it now! NOTE: you may not be able to purchase this book through Barnes & Noble.com. This book is usually in stock at Chivalry Sports.
Words of Course: A Book of Vocabularies from the 16th and 17th Centuries by Laura Crockett. An excellent way for the aspiring Elizabethan actor to learn words of the period. Buy it now! NOTE: you may not be able to purchase this book through Barnes & Noble.com. This book is usually in stock at Chivalry Sports.
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary: A Complete Dictionary of All the English Words, Phrases, and Constructions in the Works of the Poet, Vol. 1 by Alexander Schmidt. Buy it now!
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 2 by Alexander Schmidt. Buy it now!
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Daily Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L. Singman. Written for living history
enthusiasts, it combines a hands-on approach with the best of current research. Organized for easy reference, it is enlivened with how-to sections - recipes, clothing patterns, songs and games, all gathered from original sources. Highly recomended! Buy it now!
Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean Times. Edited and introduced by R. E. Pritchard. This book provides a fascinating picture of the times, with a selection of accounts of Elizabethan and Jacobean life taken from books, plays, poems, letters, diaries and pamphlets by and about Shakespeare's contemporaries. Buy it now!
Untam'd Desire: Sex in Elizabethan England by Alan Haynes. An interesting study in sexuality and sex in Elizabethan England. Buy it now!
The Elizabethan Underworld by Gãmini Sãlgado. Learn about rogues, scoundrels and most everybody else in Elizabethan England. Highly recomended! Buy it now!
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The Elizabethan World Picture by Eustace M.W. Tillyard. A book on the philosophy of the times. The basic medieval idea of an ordered Chain of Being is studied by Professor Tillyard in the process of its various transformations by the dynamic spirit of the Renaissance. Among his topics are: Angels; the Stars and Fortune; the Analogy between Macrocosm and Microcosm; the Four Elements; the Four Humours; Sympathies; Correspondences; and the Cosmic Dance -- ideas and symbols which inspired the minds of imaginations not only of the Elizabethans but of all men of the Renaissance. Highly recomended! Buy it now!
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Book of the Courtier by Baldesar Castiglione. Discretion and decorum, nonchalance and gracefulness. These are the qualities of the complete and perfect courtier. Translated into English and published in the renaissance era, this book was a must read
for anyone with aspirations of greatness. Highly recomended! Buy it now!
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Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay by Craig Turner & Tony Soper. A must have
for Elizabethan re-enactors who participate in swordplay demonstrations. Highly recomended! Buy it now!
Renaissance Swordsmanship: The Illustrated Use of Rapiers and Cut-And-Thrust Swords by John Clements. The most through work on historical European swordsmanship ever undertaken. Both general reference and instructional guide for advanced and beginning sword enthusiasts, students of military history, and martial artists. Buy it now!
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Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary: A Complete Dictionary of All the English Words, Phrases, and Constructions in the Works of the Poet, Vol. 1 by Alexander Schmidt. Buy it now!
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 2 by Alexander Schmidt. Buy it now!
Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean Times. Edited and introduced by R. E. Pritchard. This book provides a fascinating picture of the times, with a selection of accounts of Elizabethan and Jacobean life taken from books, plays, poems, letters, diaries and pamphlets by and about Shakespeare's contemporaries. Buy it now!
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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. This is a post modern version of Shakespeare's clasis set in Verona Beach. It is good for hearing the original Elizabethan script spoken; but, I didn't enjoy it much due to its post-modern setting. Still, the critics loved it. Buy it now!
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