Author : Peter Whelan
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 11,90 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780822216759
THE STORY: THE HERBAL BED is based on actual events that occurred in Stratford-upon-Avon in the summer of 1613, when William Shakespeare's elder daughter Susanna Hall was publicly accused of having a sexual liaison with Rafe Smith, a married neighb
Author : Sharon Hamilton
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786480777
The father-daughter relationship was one that Shakespeare explored again and again. His typical pattern featured a middle-aged or older man, usually a widower, with an adolescent daughter who had spent most of her life under her father's control, protected in his house. The plays usually begin when the daughter is on the verge of womanhood and eager to assert her own identity and make her own decisions, especially in matters of the heart, even if it means going against her father's wishes. This work considers Capulet in Romeo and Juliet as an inept father to Juliet and Prospero in The Tempest as an able mentor to Miranda; Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Desdemona in Othello as daughters who rebel against their fathers; Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Lavinia in Titus Andronicus and Ophelia in Hamlet as daughters who acquiesce; Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew and Goneril and Regan in King Lear as daughters who cunningly play the good girl role; Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Viola in Twelfth Night and Rosalind in As You Like It as daughters who act in their fathers' places; and Marina in Pericles, Perdita in The Winter's Tale and Cordelia in Lear as daughters who forgive and heal.
Author : Peter W. Hassinger
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 35,89 MB
Release : 2004-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0060284676
Susanna Shakespeare yearns to travel to London like her father, to experience the world of actors and poets and to follow her own dream of singing, a path usually followed only by men.
Author : Grace Tiffany
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780425196380
In this wonderfully inventive novel, Grace Tiffany weaves fact with fiction to bring Judith Shakespeare to vibrant life. Through Judith's eyes, we glimpse the world of her famous playwright father: his work, his family, and his inspiration.
Author : Ken Ludwig
Publisher : Crown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN : 0307951499
Outlines an engaging way to instill an understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's classic works in children, outlining a family-friendly method that incorporates the history of Shakespearean theater and society.
Author : Maggie O'Farrell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 29,38 MB
Release : 2023-04-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1350416584
'She's like no one I've ever met... She's like fire and water all at once.' Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. As William moves to London to discover his place in the world of theatre, Agnes stays at home to raise their three children but she is the constant presence and purpose of his life. When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born. This new play based on Maggie O'Farrell's best-selling novel and adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi, Red Velvet, Hymn), pulls back a curtain on the imagined family life of the greatest writer in the English language. Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief and the magic of nature. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in April, 2023.
Author : John Hall
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 29,77 MB
Release : 1657
Category : Diseases
ISBN :
Author : Naomi Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,32 MB
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135363358
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 17,51 MB
Release : 1881
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Germaine Greer
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1408821540
______________ 'Excellent ... a marvellous imagining of the life of Shakespeare's wife and a devastating exposure of the misogyny of the male biographers who have disparaged her' - Sunday Telegraph 'Greer dares to think the unthinkable ... this is a bold and imaginative book' – Independent 'A spirited, voluble, scholarly book which gives some depth and some dignity to the marginalised Mrs Shakespeare' - Guardian ______________ AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4'S BOOK OF THE WEEK Little is known of the wife of England's greatest playwright. In play after play Shakespeare presents the finding of a worthy wife as a triumphant denouement, yet scholars persist in believing that his own wife was resented and even hated by him. Here Germaine Greer strives to re-embed the story of their marriage in its social context and presents new hypotheses about the life of the farmer's daughter who married our greatest poet. This is a daring, insightful book that asks new questions, opens new fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. 'A refreshing corrective to the usual portrait ... Greer is impressive when it comes to detailing their Stratford life and times ... It's robust, lively stuff' - The Times
