William Shakespeare : facts and fictions /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, California :
ABC-CLIO,
[2020]
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| Series: | Historical facts and fictions.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- William Shakespeare was not the author of the works we know as Shakespeare's
- Shakespeare was homosexual or bisexual
- Shakespeare was secretly Roman Catholic
- Shakespeare was poorly educated
- Shakespeare rejected his wife and family
- Shakespeare's plays were all recycled and not original
- Shakespeare was a solitary genius whose talents cannot be explained
- Shakespeare, his colleagues, and his audiences saw tragedies as more important than comedies
- Shakespeare's plays are elite and his Old English is incomprehensible for contemporary readers and audiences
- To give audiences the most authentic experience possible, Shakespeare's plays should be produced with Renaissance costumes and staging.