A fascinating collection of revelations, quirky characters and other amazing pieces of trivia from the world of Shakespeare's. From the stories behind his well-known plays and poems, through the actors and theatres that have entertained his works, to his legacy in popular culture and beyond, the history of his life and times is revealed.
"The Amazing and Extraordinary Facts series" presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.
By:
Joseph Piercy Imprint: RYDON Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 172mm,
Width: 130mm,
ISBN:9781910821060 ISBN 10: 1910821063 Series:Amazing and Extraordinary Facts Pages: 144 Publication Date:01 May 2019 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
1 Introduction 8 2 'Lost years' 12 3 'Upstart crow' 14 4 Becoming the bard 15 5 One last blow 18 6 'Our revels now are ended' 20 7 An unerring eye 22 8 'Farewell to Folly' 24 9 Star of poets 25 10 All the Globe's a stage 26 11 A full house 30 12 American visionary 31 13 Different spectacles 34 14 Makeup concoctions 35 15 Set in stone 37 16 Hand wringing 39 17 Portrait of the bard 40 18 Sought-after item 43 19 Stellar legacy 46 20 Written when? 48 21 Origins of Falstaff 50 22 Bard of bird fanciers 52 23 'Pound of flesh' 54 24 Charge of sexism 57 25 'Lost' plays 59 26 Picture of hysteria 62 27 Shrine to the bard 64 28 Stage dynasty 68 29 First-hand account 70 30 Hell-raiser 72 31 Public scandal 73 32 Disastrous spectacles 76 33 Masonic cabal 78 34 Opposing factions 80 35 The Baconians 81 36 Rivers of blood 84 37 In and out of favour 86 38 Sustained observation 88 39 Advance warning 89 40 The Oxfordians 91 41 Poetic styles 94 42 The Marlovians 95 43 'Noted weed' 99 44 Beloved by Russia 102 45 'Vulgar and barbarous' 105 46 Toe-curling homage 106 47 The silver screen 109 48 At each other's throats 112 49 Subtle shifts 113 50 Five beats to a bar 115 51 Heralding a Golden Age 119 52 'Loathsome as a toad' 122 53 Something borrowed 125 54 Shakespeare Trek 126 55 Inspiring songwriters 127 56 Inspiring wordsmiths 130 57 Playwright for all ages 132 58 Index 136
