| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 479 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Birth -- Mother of the child -- John Shakespeare's fortunes -- To grammar school -- Opportunity and need -- Love and early marriage -- To London: and the amphitheatre players -- Attitudes -- City in September -- Patron, poems, and company work -- Servant of the Lord Chamberlain -- New place and the country -- South of Julius Caesar's Tower -- Hamlet's questions -- King's servants -- Tragic sublime -- Tales and tempests -- Gentleman's choices |
| Summary |
A biography of Shakespeare, the 16th century English actor, playwright and wise investor--investing first in the Globe Theater, where he became director, later in the Blackfriars Theater. While tracing Shakespeare's career, the author analyzes his plays, particularly the tragedies, and describes the carnival atmosphere which surrounded their performance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-450) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. fast (OCoLC)fst00029048 |
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Shakespeare, William, (1564-1616) -- Biographies. ram |
| Subject |
Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
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Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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Dramatists, English -- Early modern -- Biography.
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Auteurs dramatiques anglais -- 1500-1800 -- Biographies.
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| SUBJECT |
Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Biography
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| Subject |
England -- Stratford-upon-Avon.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199774753 |
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0199774757 |
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0191590991 |
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9780191590993 |
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