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Author: Veronica Bennett Publisher: ISBN: 9781844281480 Category : Actors Languages : en Pages : 0
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Sam Gilburne is a farmer's son who is an apprentice in Shakespeare's theatre - When he falls in love with Lucie, the niece of Lord Essex, their relationship seems to be doomed from the start.
Author: Veronica Bennett Publisher: ISBN: 9781844281480 Category : Actors Languages : en Pages : 0
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Sam Gilburne is a farmer's son who is an apprentice in Shakespeare's theatre - When he falls in love with Lucie, the niece of Lord Essex, their relationship seems to be doomed from the start.
Author: Ursula De Allendesalazar Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781537422848 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
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William Shakespeare, Apprentice is a light-hearted fantasy about the years the young Shakespeare spent in the making, which are commonly referred to as the lost years. In an entertaining and persuasive way, this book defies the tenet that "whereof nothing is known thereof one must remain silent." Shakespeare finds himself drawn into the secret world of Elizabethan espionage, working for one of Sir Francis Walsingham's agents. He finds time to try his hand at poems and a play. On his return from his first trip abroad, he is given an assignment - this time on his own - to gather intelligence in Spain. After having barely set foot there, he is caught and imprisoned. He determines to become an actor if he regains his freedom. Back again in England, in April of the Armada year, Shakespeare begins his new life. A strange encounter with the charismatic young Earl of Southampton gives rise to Shakespeare's true genius.
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The contents of the Shakespeare canon have come into question in recent years as scholars add plays or declare others only partially his work. Now, new literary and historical evidence demonstrates that five heretofore anonymous plays published or performed during his lifetime are actually his first versions of later canonical works. Three histories, The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth, The True Tragedy of Richard the Third, and The Troublesome Reign of John; a comedy, The Taming of a Shrew; and a romance, King Leir, are products of Shakespeare's juvenile years. Later in his career, he transformed them into the plays that bear nearly identical titles. Each is strikingly similar to its canonical counterpart in terms of structure, plot and cast, though the texts were entirely rewritten. Virtually all scholars, critics and editors of Shakespeare have overlooked or disputed the idea that he had anything to do with them. This addition of five plays to the Shakespeare canon introduces a new facet to the authorship debate, and supplies further evidence that the real Shakespeare was Edward de Vere, seventeenth Earl of Oxford.
Author: John Southworth Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0752472445 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 213
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Man of the Millennium' he may be but William Shakespeare is a shadowy historical figures. His writings have been analysed exhaustively but much of his life remains a mystery. This controversial biography aims to redress the balance. To his contemporaries, Shakespeare was known not as a playwright but as an actor, yet this has been largely ignored or marginalised by most modern writers. here John Southworth overturns traditional images of the Bard and his work, arguing that Shakespeare cannot be separated from his profession as a player any more than he can be separated from his works. Only by approaching Shakespeare's life from this new angle can we hope to learn or understand anything new about him. Following Shakespeare's life as an actor as he learns his craft and begins work on his own plays, Southworth presents the Bard and his plays in their proper context for the first time. Groundbreaking, contentious and a work of deep scholarship and understanding, 'Shakespeare the Player' should change the way we think about the English language's greatest artist.
Author: Stanley Wells Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 019102869X Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 152
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In this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the world's greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare. Looking at his early life and education, Wells explores Shakespeare's social and intellectual background and the literary traditions on which Shakespeare drew. Examining the theatres and theatrical profession of the time, he also considers how Shakespeare experienced this world, both as an actor and as a writer. Examining Shakespeare's narrative poems, sonnets, and all of his plays, Wells outlines their sources, style, and originality over the course of Shakespeare's career, to consider the fundamental impact his work has had for subsequent generations. Written with enthusiasm and flair by a scholar who has devoted a lifetime to the study of Shakespeare and his works, this is an engaging and authoritative introduction. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: Lois Potter Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118231775 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 514
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The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Written by an eminent Shakespearean scholar and experienced theatre reviewer Pays particular attention to Shakespeare's theatrical contemporaries and the ways in which they influenced his writing Offers an intriguing account of the life and work of the great poet-dramatist structured around the idea of memory Explores often neglected literary and historical contexts that illuminate Shakespeare's life and works
Author: Jackie French Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 1460705130 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 190
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THE DIARY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, GENTLEMAN is part comedy, part love story, the threads of Shakespeare's life drawn from his plays. Could the world's greatest writer truly put down his pen forever to become a gentleman? He was a boy who escaped small town life to be the most acclaimed playwright of the land. A lover whose sonnets still sing 400 years later; a glover's apprentice who became a gentleman. But was he happy with his new riches? Who was the woman he truly loved? The world knows the name of William Shakespeare. This book reveals the man - lover, son and poet. Based on new documentary evidence, as well as textual examination of his plays, this fascinating book gives a tantalising glimpse at what might have been: the other hands that helped craft those plays, the secrets that must ever be hidden but - just possibly - may now be told. Ages 12+
Author: Veronica Bennett
Author: Veronica Bennett
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Author: Lois Potter
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Author: Jackie French