Title

Will in the world: how Shakespeare became Shakespeare.

Description

A biography on English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. In this work, the author attempts to provide a vivid and plausible version of the undocumented areas of Shakespeare's life. The author intends to demonstrate how an acutely sensitive and talented boy -- surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, full of drama and pageantry, and also cruelty and danger -- could have become the world's greatest playwright. He brings together little-known historical facts and little-noticed elements of Shakespeare's plays and makes connections between Shakespeare's life and his works.

Identifier

1199166

393050572

Creator

Greenblatt, Stephen

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2004

Program air date: November 14, 2004

Publisher

W.W. Norton

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Extensive notes on front and back end papers, half-title concerning Shakespeare's family, Catholicism, the inspirations for Shakespeare's work, the Protestant oppression of Catholics during the sixteenth century, Shakespeare's marriage and children, The Globe, the Bubonic Plague, Queen Elizabeth's reign, Shakespeare's first years living in London, Christopher Marlowe, Jews in sixteenth century England, The Tempest, and Shakespeare's final will. Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book. Brian Lamb asks: "What was his most important play?" "Who was his most important character?" "Why do we know so little about his life?" "What was Elizabethan Society like?" "Who was Sir Thomas Lucy? What was his relationship to Shakespeare?" "Are there any Shakespeare descendants?"

Subject

"Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616."

"Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography."

"Theater--England--History--16th century."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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