Shakespeare /
Michael Wood.
- New York : Basic Books, 2003.
- 352 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
"Published to accompany the television series, In search of Shakespeare, produced by Maya Vision and first broadcast on BBC2 in 2003"--T.p. verso. First published in Britain by BBC Worldwide Ltd. 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-347) and index.
Roots -- A child of state -- Education : school and beyond -- John Shakespeare's secret -- Marriage and children -- The lost years -- London : fame -- The duty of poets -- A hell of time -- Shakespeare in love? -- Shakespeare's dream of England -- Ambition : the Globe -- The theatre of the world -- Gunpowder, treason, and plot -- Lost worlds, new worlds -- Tempests are kind.
A profile of Shakespeare and the political, intellectual, and religious world in which he lived draws on recently discovered sources including police torture records to show how the violence and plots of the era inform his work
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Crítica e interpretación.
Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography. Dramaturgos ingleses --Historia y crítica
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Biography. Great Britain--History--James I, 1603-1625--Biography.