Catherine Richardson is Reader in Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. Her research focuses on the material experience of daily life in early modern England, on and offstage: on narrative and storytelling, on houses and furniture, and on the social, moral and personal significance of clothing. She is the author of Domestic Life and Domestic Tragedy: the material life of the household (2006) and editor of Clothing Culture 1350-1650 (2004) and, with Tara Hamling, Everyday Objects: medieval and early modern material culture and its meanings (2010).

Catherine Richardson allows a reader to see how Shakespeare's plays depend on objects and spaces of the early modern stage. By using contemporary diagrams, the author provides a visual guide to the objects of the time alongside critically focused text.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; NOTES ON TEXTS AND ABBREVIATIONS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; Introduction: early modern material culture ; 1. Personal Possessions ; 2. Dressing and Cross-dressing ; 3. Household, rooms and the spaces within ; 4. Banquet and celebration ; 5. Words and Things ; NOTES ; FURTHER READING ; INDEX

Catherine Richardson is Reader in Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. Her research focuses on the material experience of daily life in early modern England, on and offstage: on narrative and storytelling, on houses and furniture, and on the social, moral and personal significance of clothing. She is the author of Domestic Life and Domestic Tragedy: the material life of the household (2006) and editor of Clothing Culture 1350-1650 (2004) and, with Tara Hamling, Everyday Objects: medieval and early modern material culture and its meanings (2010).

Catherine Richardson allows a reader to see how Shakespeare's plays depend on objects and spaces of the early modern stage. By using contemporary diagrams, the author provides a visual guide to the objects of the time alongside critically focused text.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; NOTES ON TEXTS AND ABBREVIATIONS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; Introduction: early modern material culture ; 1. Personal Possessions ; 2. Dressing and Cross-dressing ; 3. Household, rooms and the spaces within ; 4. Banquet and celebration ; 5. Words and Things ; NOTES ; FURTHER READING ; INDEX

Catherine Richardson is Reader in Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. Her research focuses on the material experience of daily life in early modern England, on and offstage: on narrative and storytelling, on houses and furniture, and on the social, moral and personal significance of clothing. She is the author of Domestic Life and Domestic Tragedy: the material life of the household (2006) and editor of Clothing Culture 1350-1650 (2004) and, with Tara Hamling, Everyday Objects: medieval and early modern material culture and its meanings (2010).

Catherine Richardson allows a reader to see how Shakespeare's plays depend on objects and spaces of the early modern stage. By using contemporary diagrams, the author provides a visual guide to the objects of the time alongside critically focused text.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; NOTES ON TEXTS AND ABBREVIATIONS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; Introduction: early modern material culture ; 1. Personal Possessions ; 2. Dressing and Cross-dressing ; 3. Household, rooms and the spaces within ; 4. Banquet and celebration ; 5. Words and Things ; NOTES ; FURTHER READING ; INDEX