Shakespeare: The Life and Times of This Great Playwright and His Masterpieces
Author(s): Claire Oliver
This fascinating introduction to the playwright begins with a description of the world in 1600 -- plague, famine and war -- "yet out of this turbulent world came one of the finest, most highly-respected and best-loved writers of all time". At the forefront of the English Renaissance Shakespeare began his career as a stagehand and then an actor, giving personal readings to Elizabeth I in her private chambers. Many of his plays have been turned into films, and he is still quoted today.
General Information
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- : TickTock Books
- : ticktock Media Ltd
- : 0.113
- : 01 January 2001
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Claire Oliver
- : Paperback
- : 822.33
- : 31
- : 80 colour illustrations