Title: Shakespeare's Journey Home: a Traveller's Guide Through Elizabethan England
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 150283734X
ISBN 13: 9781502837349
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 535 grams

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A breathtakingly vivid portrait of Elizabethan England, "Shakespeare's Journey Home" recreates in rich historical detail the playwright's annual journey from his lodgings in London's Bishopsgate to his home in Stratford-on-Avon. Applying the same deep-focus as James Shapiro's "1599: a year in the life of Shakespeare," Dutton concentrates on three days in the playwright's calendar, bringing to life every building, street, lane, village, town and inn Shakespeare would have passed, as well as the people he could have met en route. Both a travelogue and work of visual archaeology, the volume is a valuable contribution to Shakespeariana, of appeal both to lovers of Shakespeare eager for fresh insights into his life and work, and also to lovers of Elizabethan social history. Lavishly illustrated, each chapter is devoted to a section of the route Shakespeare would have followed, enabling the reader to use the work as a handy travel guide as he accompanies Shakespeare through the teeming streets of Tudor London to the wild open heartland of rural England. A must for all visitors to England keen to discover things about Shakespeare not found in the traditional guide books, and also essential reading for those looking for a historical walk with a difference.

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Julian Dutton is a writer and performer whose work has won a British Comedy Award, a BAFTA, and a Radio Academy Gold Award. He is the co-creator, co-writer & co-star of the forthcoming BBC TV comedy series 'Pompidou' starring Matt Lucas. Born in London, he has toured as an actor throughout the UK & Europe and as a comedian and impressionist has appeared in the West End supporting many of Britain's top comics like Harry Hill and Al Murray. He co-created, wrote & performed in BBC1's hit comedy series 'The Big Impression,' and his TV sitcom 'Scoop' ran for three series. He has written & performed in more than two hundred radio comedy shows and has had columns in 'The Sunday Times,' 'The Independent on Sunday' and the 'London Evening Standard.' A lifelong Shakespeare enthusiast, he lives in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England, with his children Jack & Florence. His new book, 'Keeping Quiet: the Story of Visual Comedy in the Age of Sound,' will be published later this year.

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