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Over 300 large color photographs of scenes staged to depict aspects of Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theater. Gurr, whose narrative weaves around the images, was an advisor in rebuilding the Globe Theater, which reopened after 400 years in June 1996. Includes chronologies of the plays and the period. No bibliography. Distributed in the US by HarperCollins. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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In over 300 color photographs - each one created specially for this book - the world's greatest writer is magically brought to life. The working actor and playwright, his limitless imagination and the passionate, plague-ridden world in which he lived, are meticulously recreated in these pagesAuthor Andrew Gurr weaves his biography around these photographs, capturing the strife and illuminating the politics of the period - providing a very real sense of the conditions shaping and motivating Shakespeare's writing.
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