'Enjoyable, lively … such a pleasure to read … renders the drama of Shakespeare's contemporaries more than fringe entertainment' Independent
Shakespeare is one of the greatest of all English figures, considered a genius for all time. Yet as this enthralling book shows, he was at heart a man of the theatre, one among a community of artists in the teeming world of Renaissance London - from the enigmatic spy Christopher Marlowe to the self-aggrandizing Ben Jonson, from the actor Richard Burbage to the brilliant Thomas Middleton. By bringing Shakespeare's contemporaries to life, Shakespeare & Co throws fresh new light on the man himself.
'Warm, cheerful, generous … Wells sketches a whole gallery of Shakespeare's fellow playwrights … He brings each vividly to life, making you feel that you've met them personally in some Blackfriars tavern' Simon Callow
'It was a time and place teeming with excitement, anecdote and incident, and Wells, in this richly enjoyable work, brings it to life with a novelist's sense of the telling detail' Dominic Dromgoole
'Enthralling' Observer
'This is one of the most sane and exciting books on Shakespeare I have read for a long time' Scotland on Sunday
| ISBN: | 9780141017136 |
| Publication date: | 30th August 2007 |
| Author: | Stanley Wells |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 285 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights European history: Renaissance Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 |
'Enjoyable, lively … such a pleasure to read … renders the drama of Shakespeare's contemporaries more than fringe entertainment' Independent Shakespeare is one of the greatest of all English figures, considered a genius for all time. Yet as this enthralling book shows, he was at heart a man of the theatre, one among a community of artists in the teeming world of Renaissance London - from the enigmatic spy Christopher Marlowe to the self-aggrandizing Ben Jonson, from the actor Richard Burbage to the brilliant Thomas Middleton.
Shakespeare and Co features in the following genres: Literary studies: plays and playwrights, European history: Renaissance, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
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Shakespeare and Co was written by Stanley Wells and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Shakespeare and Co has 285 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.