The Shakespeare circle : an alternative biography / edited by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edmondson, Paul, editor.

Wells, Stanley, 1930- editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Friends and associates.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Friends and associates.

Friendship.

Local Subjects:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Physical Description:

ix, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"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 considered; little-known but relevant lives are brought to the fore, and revisionist views are expressed on such matters as Shakespeare's wealth, his family and personal relationships, and his social status. Written by a distinguished team, including some of the foremost biographers, writers and Shakespeare scholars of today, this enthralling volume forms an original contribution to Shakespearian biography and Elizabethan and Jacobean social history. It will interest anyone looking to learn something new about the dramatist and the times in which he lived. A supplementary website offers imagined first-person audio accounts from the featured subjects"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

General introduction / Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells

Part I. Family: 1. His mother Mary Shakespeare / Michael Wood ; 2. His father John Shakespeare / David Fallow ; 3. His siblings / Catherine Richardson ; 4. His sister's family: the Harts / Catherine Shrank ; 5. His wife Anne Shakespeare and the Hathaways / Katherine Scheil ; 6. His daughter Susanna Hall / Lachlan Mackinnon ; 7. His son-in-law John Hall / Greg Wells ; 8. His son Hamnet Shakespeare / Graham Holderness ; 9. His daughter Judith and the Quineys / Germaine Greer ; 10. His granddaughter Lady Elizabeth Barnard / René Weis ; 11. His 'cousin': Thomas Greene / Tara Hamling

Part II. Friends and neighbours: 12. A close family connection: the Combes / Stanley Wells ; 13. Schoolfriend, publisher and printer Richard Field / Carol Chillington Rutter ; 14. Living with the Mountjoys / David Kathman ; 15. Ben Jonson / David Riggs ; 16. Richard Barnfield, John Weever, William Basse, and other encomiasts / Andrew Hadfield ; 17. Last things: Shakespeare's neighbours and beneficiaries / Susan Brock

Part III. Colleagues and patrons: 18. His fellow dramatists and early collaborators / Andy Kesson ; 19. His theatre friends: the Burbages / John H. Astington ; 20. His fellow actors Will Kemp, Robert Armin, and other members of the Lord Chamberlain's and the King's Men / Bart Van Es ; 21. His literary patrons / Alan H. Nelson ; 22. His collaborator George Wilkins / Duncan Salkeld ; 23. His collaborator Thomas Middleton / Emma Smith ; 24. His collaborator John Fletcher / Lucy Munro ; 25. His editors John Heminges and Henry Condell / Paul Edmondson

Closing remarks / Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells

Afterword / Margaret Drabble.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107054325

110705432X

9781107699090

1107699096

OCLC:

910826864

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