7/5/2023 0 Comments Bill bryson the world as stage![]() Taking us on a journey through the streets of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, Bryson examines centuries of stories, half-truths and downright lies surrounding our greatest dramatist. Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the Bard - from his birth in Stratford to the bequest of his second best bed to his wife when he died. His face is familiar to all, yet in reality very little is known about the man behind the masterpieces. ![]() His fame stems not only from his plays - performed everywhere from school halls to the world's most illustrious theatres - but also from his enigmatic persona. ![]() ![]() Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.Įver since he took the theatre of Elizabethan London by storm over 400 years ago, Shakespeare has remained centre stage. ![]()
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