This fascinating introduction to the playwright begins with a description of the world in 1600 -- plague, famine and war -- "yet out of this turbulent world came one of the finest, most highly-respected and best-loved writers of all time". At the forefront of the English Renaissance Shakespeare began his career as a stagehand and then an actor, giving personal readings to Elizabeth I in her private chambers. Many of his plays have been turned into films, and he is still quoted today.
- ISBN10 1860072402
- ISBN13 9781860072406
- Publish Date 1 January 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 July 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint ticktock Media Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 31
- Language English