| Edition |
1st Harper Perennial ed. |
| Description |
xix, 394 pages, 16 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-376) and index. |
| Summary |
1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen. James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright. The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Henry V.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (OCoLC)fst00029048
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Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644)
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Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644) (OCoLC)fst00640502
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As you like it (Shakespeare, William) (OCoLC)fst01356506
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Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) (OCoLC)fst01356128
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Henry V (Shakespeare, William) (OCoLC)fst01356402
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Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William) (OCoLC)fst01356161
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| Chronological Term |
1500 - 1700
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| Subject |
Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
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Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.
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Dramatists, English -- Early modern.
(OCoLC)fst01710947
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Homes. (OCoLC)fst01353235
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Theater. (OCoLC)fst01149217
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Southwark (London, England) -- Social life and customs.
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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England -- London -- Southwark.
(OCoLC)fst01312052
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0060088745 |
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9780060088743 |
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