A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599Harper Collins, 18 okt 2005 - 394 pagina's What accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question, "succeed[ing] where others have fallen short." (Boston Globe) 1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. During that year, Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen. James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare’s staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright. The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history. |
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... hands, the Chamberlain's Men, lacking a permanent playing space, were in danger of becoming homeless. By early December, Richard Burbage had quietly approached five of his fellow actor-shareholders in the company—William Shakespeare ...
... hand, which meant taking out loans at steep interest rates (the Burbages later complained that it took them years to pay off what they borrowed to cover their share). Plague could once again close the public theaters for an extended ...
... hand, though the rebellion in Ireland now flamed forth dangerously.” A monarch who wrote every day must have been an especially discriminating critic and perhaps better disposed than most to a playwright who did the same. As he neared ...
... hands pitched in to make the performance a success. The Office of the Revels supervised the lighting and scenery, while the sergeant painter and his staff took care of any painting or decoration the performance required. The ...