Shakespeare
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Shakespeare
(Eyewitness guides)
Dorling Kindersley, 2002
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Shakespeare : Discover the fascinating life and times of one of the world's greatest ever playwrights
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
A valuable resource to students and a useful companion to Shakespeare's complete works with over 200 photographs and 50 illustrations, many commissioned especially for this book.
Table of Contents
- Shakespeare's birthplace
- going to school
- religious conflict
- a country childhood
- country fun
- the lost years
- up to London
- London shows
- Queen Elizabeth's court
- the playwrights
- England at war
- plague and poetry
- enemies and protectors
- the Lord Chamberlain's men
- building the Globe
- staging a play
- music and dance
- clothes and costumes
- the boy player
- the audience
- Shakespeare's comedies
- the King's men
- the famous tragedies
- the Roman plays
- adventures and fairytales
- science and superstition
- return to Stratford
- book publishing
- Shakespeare's legacy.
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