Shakespeare: A Crash Course

Graham, Rob

ISBN 10: 0823009874 / ISBN 13: 9780823009879

Published by Watson-Guptill, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shakespeare: A Crash Course
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823009874
• ISBN 13: 9780823009879
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Thanks to this delightful, reader-friendly gem, at long last, the Bard is made accessible to all-even to he or she who hath never dug a line of Shakespeare before.

Starting with the controversy over whether the genius who wrote the plays was Shakespeare or one of his rivals, the author puts the Bard in the context of Elizabethan life and theater. His personas as actor, businessman, playwright, and poet are touched upon, followed by selections from his greatest plays and sonnets. A roundup of miscellaneous Bardean tidbits, Elizabethan insults, and other Shakespearean lore completes the irreverent, entertaining, yet informative text.

About the Author

Rob Graham, whose background includes acting, directing, and theater management, is Senior Tutor of Theatre Studies at Brunel University in England.