The Lodger Shakespeare on Silver Street

In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare's life. Marshalling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as Othello, Measure for Measure and King Lear.

ISBN:	9780141023748
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Books
Published date:	03 Jul 2008
DEWEY:	822.33
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	377
Weight:	320g
Height:	197mm
Width:	130mm
Spine width:	26mm

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