Shakespeare

Author(s): Park Honan

Shakespeare

Examines the world of the playing companies - the power of patronage, theatrical conditions, and personal rivalries - to reveal the relationship between the man and the writing, and explores the causes of Shakespeare's success; Stratford childhood, his parents' capabilities, and his preparations for a London career.

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this is now the best available life of Shakespeare. Stanley Wells, The Observer 18/10/98

Preface; Illustrations; PART I: A STRATFORD YOUTH; 1. Birth; Mother of the Child; 3. John Shakespeare's Fortunes; 4. To Grammar School; 5. Opportunity and Need; 6. Love and Early Marriage; PART II: ACTOR AND POET OF THE LONDON STAGE; 7. To London and the Amphitheatre Players; 8. Attitudes; 9. The City in September; 10. A Patron, Poems, and Company Work; 11. A Servant of the Lord Chamberlain; 12. New Place and the Country; PART III: THE MATURITY OF GENIUS; 13. South of Julius Caesar's Tower; 14. Hamlet's Questions; 15. The King's Servants; 16. The Tragic Sublime; PART IV: THE LAST PHASE; 17. Tales and Tempests; 18. A Gentleman's Choices; Notes; Appendix A: The families of Arden and Shakespeare; Appendix B: Descendants of Shakespeare's nephew Thomas Hart (b. 1605) down to the sale of the Birthplace in 1806; Appendix C: A note on the Shakespeare biographical tradition and sources for his life; Index

General Fields

  • : 9780198117926
  • : oup
  • : oup
  • : 0.755
  • : 29 October 1998
  • : 216mm X 138mm X 34mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Park Honan
  • : Hardback
  • : 822.33
  • : 480
  • : numerous black and white plates