Shakespeare unbound : decoding a hidden life
Presents an intimate view of the interior world of William Shakespeare, drawing parallels between the bard's life and his works that reflect his early experiences in Stratford, contacts with underground Catholics, and role in theatrical London
Drama Psychological aspects
xii, 479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780805075014, 9780805088656, 0805088652, 0805075011
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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
"A John Macrae book."