Shakespeare

by Middleton, Haydn

• ISBN13: 9781860072420
• ISBN10: 1860072429
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

The world around 1600	p. 2
The world of Shakespeare	p. 4
Shakespeare's contemporaries	p. 6
The early years	p. 8
Shakespeare in London	p. 10
The last years	p. 12
Comedies before 1600	p. 14
Comedies after 1600	p. 16
The histories	p. 18
Early tragedies	p. 20
Later tragedies	p. 22
Sonnets and other poems	p. 24
Music and dance	p. 26
The writer's influence	p. 28
All the world's a stage	p. 30
Did you know?	p. 32
Index
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