The Lodger : Shakespeare on Silver Street (9780713998900)

'One Mr Shakespeare that lay in the house...' In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare's life. Marshalling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as "Othello", "Measure for Measure", and "King Lear".

Product details

• Format Hardback | 400 pages
• Dimensions 164 x 244 x 36mm | 782g
• Publication date 01 Nov 2007
• Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint ALLEN LANE
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Illustrations note 1 x 16 b/w inset
• ISBN10 0713998903
• ISBN13 9780713998900
• Bestsellers rank 315,946

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