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Robert McCrum: "To hold a mirror up to his nature", The Observer, June 5, 2005 (review of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare). Authors: 'A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare', NPR radio program Talk of the Nation, October 18, 2005 (audio stream file and excerpt from the first chapter). "An Interview with James Shapiro", The ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. The Chandos portrait, believed to be Shakespeare, held in the National Portrait Gallery, London William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, poet, and theatre entrepreneur in London during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. He was baptised on 26 April 1564 [a] in Stratford ...
G. L. Hosking, The Life and Times of Edward Alleyn, London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. David Mateer, Edward Alleyn, Richard Perkins and the Rivalry Between the Swan and the Rose Playhouses, The Review of English Studies 2009 60(243): pp. 61–77.
By the time he reaches Edmund, Shakespeare no longer pretends that the Hal-type Machiavellian prince is admirable; and in Lear he condemns the society which is thought to be historically inevitable. Against this he holds up the ideal of a transcendent community and reminds the audience of the "true needs" of a humanity to which the operations ...
Edmund Kean (4 November 1787 – 15 May 1833) was a British Shakespearean actor, who performed, among other places, in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris. He was known for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce.
Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily Life in Elizabethan England (1995) Strong, Roy: The Cult of Elizabeth (The Harvill Press, 1999). ISBN 0-7126-6493-9; Wagner, John A. Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and America (1999) Wilson, Jean. Entertainments for Elizabeth I (Studies in Elizabethan and Renaissance Culture ...
Ira Aldridge 1807–1867. The Great Shakespearean Tragedian on the Bicentennial Anniversary of His Birth. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. ISBN 9783631577349. OCLC 435633062. Lindfors, Bernth. "Aldridge in Europe". Shakespeare in American Life. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. – Folger Shakespeare Library's public radio documentary
The Mysterious William Shakespeare Charlton Ogburn Jr. (15 March 1911 – 19 October 1998) was an American writer, most notably of memoirs and non-fiction works. Before he established himself as a writer he served in the US army, and then as a State Department official, specialising in South-East Asian affairs.