The Lodger
Shakespeare on Silver Street
Penguin
Paperback : 03 Jul 2008
£8.99
Synopsis
In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster – it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine – a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry – but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist’s famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare’s life. Marshalling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as Othello, Measure for Measure and King Lear.
Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141023748
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 400
Published : 03 Jul 2008
Publisher : Penguin
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The Lodger
Shakespeare on Silver Street
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