The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street
Charles Nicholl, "The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street"
2008 | ISBN: 0670018503, 014311462X | 400 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 8 MB
2008 | ISBN: 0670018503, 014311462X | 400 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 8 MB
In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster—and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. In The Lodger Shakespeare, Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating but little-known episode in the Bard’s life. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compellingly detailed account of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked amid the bustle of early seventeenth-century London. This elegant, often unexpected exploration presents a new and original look at Shakespeare as he was writing such masterpieces as Othello, Measure for Measure, and King Lear.