The Shakespeare circle : an alternative biography /
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...
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; List of illustrations ; List of contributors ; Preface and acknowledgements ; General introduction ; Works cited ; Part I Family ; 1 His mother Mary Shakespeare ; Works cited
- 2 His father John Shakespeare The peasant apprentice: John Shakespeare's rise in Stratford-upon-Avon ; The brogger: wool dealing in sixteenth-century England ; Businessman: John Shakespeare the 'considerable dealer in wool' ; The fall from financial grace: did it happen?
- 2 His father John Shakespeare The peasant apprentice: John Shakespeares rise in Stratford-upon-Avon ; The brogger: wool dealing in sixteenth-century England ; Businessman: John Shakespeare the considerable dealer in wool ; The fall from financial grace: did it happen?
- 9 His daughter Judith and the Quineys Works cited ; 10 His granddaughter Lady Elizabeth Barnard ; Works cited ; 11 His 'cousin': Thomas Greene ; Cousin ; Lodger ; New Place ; Works cited ; Part II Friends and neighbours ; Works cited ; 12 A close family connection: the Combes
- 9 His daughter Judith and the Quineys Works cited ; 10 His granddaughter Lady Elizabeth Barnard ; Works cited ; 11 His cousin: Thomas Greene ; Cousin ; Lodger ; New Place ; Works cited ; Part II Friends and neighbours ; Works cited ; 12 A close family connection: the Combes
- Death and burial Works cited ; 6 His daughter Susanna Hall ; Works cited ; 7 His son-in-law John Hall ; Works cited ; 8 His son Hamnet Shakespeare ; 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; Hamnet Shakespeare: a life ; Hamnet Shakespeare: a biography ; 4 ; 5 ; 6 ; Works cited
- Friends, religion and literacy: three aspects of John Shakespeare's character Works cited ; 3 His siblings ; Works cited ; 4 His sister's family: the Harts ; Works cited ; 5 His wife Anne Shakespeare and the Hathaways ; The Hathaway family ; Married life ; New Place ; Remembering
- Friends, religion and literacy: three aspects of John Shakespeares character Works cited ; 3 His siblings ; Works cited ; 4 His sisters family: the Harts ; Works cited ; 5 His wife Anne Shakespeare and the Hathaways ; The Hathaway family ; Married life ; New Place ; Remembering