Shakespeare : the biography
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
Biography
xvi, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
9780385511391, 0385511396
58919812
Stratford-upon-Avon
The Queen's men
Lord Strange's men
The Earl of Pembroke's men
The Lord Chamberlain's men
New Place
The Globe
The King's men
Blackfriars
Originally published: Great Britain : Chatto & Windus, 2005