No boys play here : my family's missing men & Shakespeare's lost kings /
No Boys Play Here tells the story of Sally Bayley as a teenage girl in search of her father and uncle, and their broken and buried lives. Set against a backdrop of English political history, this book roams through Shakespeare's plays in search of answers to today's continuing social divid...
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London :
William Collins,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Girl still. Battles ; History ; Titania and Oberon ; Antique fables ; Enter Jessica ; Servants ; An interval
- Part II. Turning boy. Kings and men ; Dad who drinks ; Boys play here ; Falstaff ; Enter Uncle James
- Part III. Revolt. The peasants' revolt ; Gadshill ; Colted ; The price of oats ; The Dukes of Norfolk ; Dank as a dog ; Ladies and gentlemen ; Kingsmere ; Cowards
- Part IV. Cheapside. Counterfeit ; The tavern ; Drinking scenes ; Welcome, ancient pistol ; Stealing things ; The council house ; Prison ; Exit Falstaff.