Shakespeare : the biography / Peter Ackroyd
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: xvi, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cmISBN: 0385511396Subject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 | Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- BiographyGenre/Form: Biographies. DDC classification: 822.3/3 | B LOC classification: PR2894 | .A26 2005Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 921/SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400149726 | |
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Originally published: Great Britain : Chatto & Windus, 2005
Includes bibliographical references (pages [537]-548) and index
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
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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