This compilation, in the tradition of the Victorian miscellany, gathers together essential facts and fascinating insights into the plays and poems, the man behind them (insofar as this is known), and the context in which he worked. Put together by an actor and a linguist - the pair who brought you 'Shakespeare's Words' (25000 copies sold to date) - it will be quirky, illuminating and endlessly interesting. Topics covered include lost plays, what he would have studied at school, Shakespeare's pronunciation, why the Globe burned down and the difference between a Folio and a Quarto.
- ISBN10 0140515550
- ISBN13 9780140515558
- Publish Date 7 April 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English