dramatists, english

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Reading and interpreting the works of William Shakespeare

Explains Shakespeare's works by putting them into the context of the Elizabethan times in which he lived.

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Agatha Christie : a life in the theatre
2015
A producer of numerous Agatha Christie stage plays commemorates the iconic mystery writer's 125th birthday, career and lesser-known work as a playwright, drawing on her personal correspondences, notebooks and unpublished scripts to share previously undisclosed insights.

Who was William Shakespeare?

Presents a brief profile of the life and works of sixteenth-century playwright, William Shakespeare; and contains black-and-white illustrations that include a diagram of the Globe Theater.

William Shakespeare

a life of drama
2002
Uses film excerpts, dramatic readings, and location footage to look at what is known about the life and career of sixteenth-century playwright William Shakespeare, from his youth in Stratford-on-Avon, to his death at age fifty-two.

In search of Shakespeare

2004
Michael Wood travels to England in search of the true story behind the life of playwright and poet William Shakespeare, an intensely private person.

William Shakespeare

An exploration of the life and work of 16th-century English writer William Shakespeare, whose poetry is known best for its sonnet form as well as its transcendent descriptions of love.

History play

the lives and afterlife of Christopher Marlowe
2005
Argues that, at the age of twenty-nine, Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to Europe and went on to write the works attributed to William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare

a biographical handbook
1986

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