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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... passed from the scene, and members of a younger generation (whose ranks included Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker, and ... passing through town, either at inns or at the Swan. By 1600, in response to popular demand, entrepreneurs had rushed to ...
... passed over Shakespeare's histories and major tragedies in his first year in London in favor of Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lucrece, and The Passionate Pilgrim. He may have already read Venus and Adonis, for it appears ...
... passed on their way into the court. This gallery was crammed with hundreds of imprese—pasteboard shields on which were painted pictures and enigmatic Latin mottos. This strange practice originated under Elizabeth, who required every ...
... passed along to the printing house, both versions of the epilogue were bundled with it. The compositor setting type, unsure of what to do, printed both but left an extra bit of space between the Whitehall and Curtain versions. Had he ...
... passed through Stratford-uponAvon. If Shakespeare, then in his early twenties, was contemplating a life in the theater, watching Leicester's Men perform in his hometown might have been a deciding factor. Though they may have both ...