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Title: THE SHAKESPEARE CIRCLE
AN ALTERNATIVE BIOGRAPHY
By: Paul Edmondson (Editor), Stanley Wells (Editor)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1107699096
ISBN 13: 9781107699090
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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 22 October, 2015
Pages: 368
Description: This collection tells the life stories of the people whom we know Shakespeare encountered, shedding new light on Shakespeare's life and times.
Synopsis: This original and enlightening book casts fresh light on Shakespeare by examining the lives of his relatives, friends, fellow-actors, collaborators and patrons both in their own right and in relation to his life. Well-known figures such as Richard Burbage, Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton are freshly considered; little-known but relevant lives are brought to the fore, and revisionist views are expressed on such matters as Shakespeare's wealth, his family and personal relationships, and his social status. Written by a distinguished team, including some of the foremost biographers, writers and Shakespeare scholars of today, this enthralling volume forms an original contribution to Shakespearian biography and Elizabethan and Jacobean social history. It will interest anyone looking to learn something new about the dramatist and the times in which he lived. A supplementary website offers imagined first-person audio accounts from the featured subjects.
Illustrations: 5 b/w illus.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Returns: Returnable
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1616: SHAKESPEARE AND TANG XIANZU'S CHINA (HB)
1616: SHAKESPEARE AND TANG XIANZU'S CHINA (PB)
A DICTIONARY OF SHAKESPEARE (PB)
A YEAR OF SHAKESPEARE
A YEAR OF SHAKESPEARE
A YEAR OF SHAKESPEARE
A YEAR OF SHAKESPEARE
A YEAR OF SHAKESPEARE (HB)
A YEAR OF SHAKESPEARE (PB)
ASPECTS OF HAMLET (HB)
ASPECTS OF KING LEAR (HB)
BEYOND THE SPANISH TRAGEDY (PB)
DOING KYD (HB)
DRAMA OF THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC, 1649-1660 (HB)
DRAMA OF THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC, 1649-1660 (PB)
ENGLISH DRAMA (PB)
ENJOYING SHAKESPEARE : INAUGURAL LECTURE
EUPHUES: THE ANATOMY OF WIT AND EUPHUES AND HIS ENGLAND JOHN LYLY (PB)
FINDING SHAKESPEARE'S NEW PLACE
FINDING SHAKESPEARE'S NEW PLACE
FINDING SHAKESPEARE'S NEW PLACE (PB)
GREAT SHAKESPEARE ACTORS (HB)
GREAT SHAKESPEARE ACTORS (PB)
GREAT SPIRIT OF YOSEMITE
JOHN LYLY AND EARLY MODERN AUTHORSHIP
JOHN LYLY AND EARLY MODERN AUTHORSHIP
JOHN LYLY AND EARLY MODERN AUTHORSHIP (HB)
JOHN LYLY AND EARLY MODERN AUTHORSHIP (PB)
LITERATURE AND DRAMA
LITERATURE AND DRAMA
LITERATURE AND DRAMA
LITERATURE AND DRAMA (HB)
LITERATURE AND DRAMA (PB)
MARLOWE AND THE POPULAR TRADITION (PB)
NINETEENTH-CENTURY SHAKESPEARE BURLESQUES (HB)
PAP WITH AN HATCHET BY JOHN LYLY (HB)
PERYMEDES THE BLACKSMITH AND PANDOSTO BY ROBERT GREENE
PERYMEDES THE BLACKSMITH AND PANDOSTO BY ROBERT GREENE (HB)
Q&A SHAKESPEARE (PB)
Q&A: SHAKESPEARE (PB)
RE-EDITING SHAKESPEARE FOR THE MODERN READER (HB)
RICHARD BROME (HB)
RICHARD II (PB)
RICHARD II (PB)
SHAKESPEARE (HB)
SHAKESPEARE (PB)
SHAKESPEARE AND CO. (PB)
SHAKESPEARE AND THE MOVING IMAGE
SHAKESPEARE AND THE MOVING IMAGE (PB)
SHAKESPEARE BEYOND DOUBT (HB)
SHAKESPEARE BEYOND DOUBT (PB)
SHAKESPEARE IN THE THEATRE (HB)
SHAKESPEARE IN THE THEATRE (PB)
SHAKESPEARE ON PAGE AND STAGE (HB)
SHAKESPEARE SURVEY: VOLUME 48, SHAKESPEARE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE (HB)
SHAKESPEARE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
SHAKESPEARE'S CREATIVE LEGACIES
SHAKESPEARE'S CREATIVE LEGACIES
SHAKESPEARE'S CREATIVE LEGACIES (HB)
SHAKESPEARE'S CREATIVE LEGACIES (PB)
SHAKESPEARE'S ROMANCES AND THE POLITICS OF COUNTER-REFORMATION (HB)
SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS (HB)
SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS (PB)
SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION (PB)
SHAKESPEARE, SEX, AND LOVE (HB)
SHAKESPEARE, SEX, AND LOVE (PB)
SHAKESPEARE: FOR ALL TIME (HB)
SHAKESPEARE: IDEAS IN PROFILE
SHAKESPEARE: IDEAS IN PROFILE
SHAKESPEARE: IDEAS IN PROFILE (PB)
THE BOAR'S HEAD THEATRE
THE BOAR'S HEAD THEATRE
THE BOAR'S HEAD THEATRE
THE BOAR'S HEAD THEATRE (HB)
THE BOAR'S HEAD THEATRE (PB)
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE (HB)
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE (PB)
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (PB)
THE NEW CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE (HB)
THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE: TITUS ANDRONICUS (HB)
THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (HB)
THE SHAKESPEARE CIRCLE (HB)
THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY (PB)
THE STUKELEY PLAYS (HB)
THE STUKELEY PLAYS (PB)
THE WINTER'S TALE (PB)
THE WORKS OF RICHARD EDWARDS (PB)
THOMAS NASHE
THOMAS NASHE
THOMAS NASHE
THOMAS NASHE (HB)
THOMAS NASHE (PB)
THREE RENAISSANCE TRAVEL PLAYS (PB)
THREE RENAISSANCE USURY PLAYS (HB)
THREE RENAISSANCE USURY PLAYS (PB)
TWELFTH NIGHT
TWELFTH NIGHT
TWELFTH NIGHT
TWELFTH NIGHT (HB)
TWELFTH NIGHT (HB)
TWELFTH NIGHT (PB)
TWELFTH NIGHT (PB)
TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL: THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE (PB)
WHAT WAS SHAKESPEARE REALLY LIKE? (HB)
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION (PB)

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