by Claire Oliver (Author)
This fascinating introduction to the playwright begins with a description of the world in 1600 -- plague, famine and war -- "yet out of this turbulent world came one of the finest, most highly-respected and best-loved writers of all time". At the forefront of the English Renaissance Shakespeare began his career as a stagehand and then an actor, giving personal readings to Elizabeth I in her private chambers. Many of his plays have been turned into films, and he is still quoted today.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: ticktock Media Ltd
Published: 01 Jan 2001
ISBN 10: 1860072429
ISBN 13: 9781860072420