The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography
Think you know Shakespeare? Think again... Was a real skull used in the first performance of Hamlet? Were Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan blockbusters? How much do we really know about the playwright's life? And what of his notorious relationship with his wife?Exploring and exploding 30 popular...
show more
Think you know Shakespeare? Think again... Was a real skull used in the first performance of Hamlet? Were Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan blockbusters? How much do we really know about the playwright's life? And what of his notorious relationship with his wife?Exploring and exploding 30 popular myths about the great playwright, this illuminating new book evaluates all the evidence to show how historical material - or its absence - can be interpreted and misinterpreted, and what this reveals about our own personal investment in the stories we tell.
show less
Format: audiobook
ASIN: B00CFAZYUY
Publish date: 2013-04-18
Publisher: Audible Studios
Edition language: English
Published 2013 (audio version, the one I’ve used; print edition published 2012). Imagine yourself at the Globe to see a Shakespeare play, preferably Hamlet (my favourite…). Keep on imagining standing among the crowd, quite near the stage, on a rainy evening. You look around and see people fro...
Log in with Facebook 
