Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-460) and index. "A John Macrae book."
Contents:
Stratford 1564: birth of a genius -- William Shakespeare's schooldays: c.1570-c.1578 -- Meeting the neighbors in 1582 -- Enter wife and daughter: 1582-83 -- Poaching from the Lucys: 1587? -- Bound for London: 1587 -- Early days in Shoreditch: 1587-90 -- Likely lads: Kit Marlowe and Will Shakespeare -- Living the sonnets: 1590- -- The rival poet: 1592-93 -- A twenty-first birthday poem: October 6, 1594 -- Taming the dark lady: 1594- --A Will "made lame by fortune's blows" -- The Catholics and Oldcastle: 1594-96 -- From Blackfriars to Bankside: 1596-99 -- "Alack, my child is dead": Wednesday, August 11, 1596 -- Merry wives and new places: 1597 -- Flight from the fortress -- The moneylender of London: October 25, 1598 -- A Stratford Alexander in Henry V at the Globe: 1599 -- Picturing a poet and a Pantomime Rebellion: 1600-1601 -- Daughters and sons and lovers: 1601-1602 -- Affairs of the body and heart: 1602-1604 -- "My father's godson": 1605-1606 -- The Easter rising of 1606: a little local difficulty -- A wedding and a funeral: 1607 -- Losing a mother and a daughter: 1609-1611 -- "Do not go gentle into that good night": 1612-15 -- Shakespeare dies: 1616 -- Life after death: 1623- -- Main characters -- Appendix: Two Stratford maps.
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