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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... once again close the public theaters for an extended period. Fire could destroy the playhouse (as it would in 1613, when the Globe's thatch caught fire). Or the Privy Council could finally act on one of its periodic threats and close ...
... once again come in for special praise. Weever wanted to compliment the plays but was stumped when it came to their names: “Romeo, Richard; more whose names I know not.” Shakespeare would not have been flattered. The most striking praise ...
... once decorated the walls of Stratford's church, but they had been whitewashed by Protestant reformers shortly before Shakespeare was born. Whitehall had everything Stratford lacked. It housed the greatest collection of international art ...
... once as if Falstaff, that great escape artist, will not be able to wriggle out of trouble. But Kemp suddenly dashes back onstage. A moment or two passes before playgoers realize that the play really is over and that Kemp is delivering ...
... once. Kemp's repeated mention of his legs and dancing signals that a jig—a bawdy skit with dancing that concluded every publicly staged play, and at which Kemp excelled—is about to begin. Kemp also conveys the news that Shakespeare ...