Shakespeare: The BiographyNan A. Talese, 2005 - 572 pagini Biographer and novelist Ackroyd brings William Shakespeare to life in the manner of a contemporary rather than a biographer. His method is to position the playwright in the context of his world, exploring everything from Stratford's humble town to its fields of wildflowers; discerning influences on the plays from unexpected quarters; and entering London with the playwright as modern theatre, as we know it, is just beginning to emerge. Writing as though we are observing Shakespeare and his circle of friends, patrons, managers, and fellow actors and writers, Ackroyd is able to see Shakespeare's genius from within, so we feel that Ackroyd the writer merges with Shakespeare the writer, the poet, the man; and thus with great sympathy and clarity we experience the way in which Shakespeare worked. -- From publisher description. |
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... religion , endlessly debated through the centuries . It is true that he used the language and the structure of the old faith in his drama , but that does not imply that he espoused Catholicism . His parents are likely to have been of ...
... religion , endlessly debated through the centuries . It is true that he used the language and the structure of the old faith in his drama , but that does not imply that he espoused Catholicism . His parents are likely to have been of ...
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... Drama in Action ( London , 1998 ) White , Whitfield P. , Theatre and Reformation ( London , 1992 ) Wiles , D ... Theatre , Religion and Resistance ( Manchester , 2004 ) Winstanley , L. , Hamlet and the Scottish Succession ...
... Drama in Action ( London , 1998 ) White , Whitfield P. , Theatre and Reformation ( London , 1992 ) Wiles , D ... Theatre , Religion and Resistance ( Manchester , 2004 ) Winstanley , L. , Hamlet and the Scottish Succession ...
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... Church 351 theatres see Globe Theatre ; Rose Theatre Southwell , Robert 209 , 429 " Saint Peter's Complaint " 209 Spain 426 , 427 , 428 , 502 Speed , John : Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine 6,7 Speed , John 497 Speght , Thomas ...
... Church 351 theatres see Globe Theatre ; Rose Theatre Southwell , Robert 209 , 429 " Saint Peter's Complaint " 209 Spain 426 , 427 , 428 , 502 Speed , John : Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine 6,7 Speed , John 497 Speght , Thomas ...
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