Ebook {Epub PDF} Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson

― Bill Bryson, quote from Shakespeare: The World as Stage “General admission for groundlings—those who stood in the open around the stage—was a penny. Those who wished to sit paid a penny more, and those who desired a cushion paid another penny on top of that—all this at a time when a day’s wage was 1 shilling (12 pence) or less a day.  · Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Paperback) Published October 21st by Harper Perennial. Paperback, pages. Author (s): Bill Bryson. ISBN Cited by: 6.  · Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left Brand: HarperCollins Publishers.

Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Shakespeare: The World as Stage. Author: Bill Bryson. Genre: Literature. Publisher: Atlas Books. Pub date: pp: B ill Bryson's concise biography of William Shakespeare is brilliantly written, humorously insightful, and entirely delightful. The prose is a well-crafted and playful presentation of the dozen-odd facts known about. Bill Bryson's bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

Bill Bryson, in his own inimitable way, takes us through the world of Shakespeare as easily as if he were discussing the latest political controversy. The years melt away and we are there, right in the world of Elizabethan Stratford and London, throwing light on what we do actually know about the life and times and people associated with Shakespeare. Shakespeare. The World as Stage. Bill Bryson. To Finley and Molly and in memory of Maisie. Contents. Chapter One In Search of William Shakespeare 1 Chapter Two The Early Years, – 22 Chapter Three The Lost Years, – 45 Chapter Four In London 66 Chapter Five The Plays 96 Chapter Six Years of Fame, – Chapter Seven The Reign of King James, – Chapter Eight Death Chapter Nine Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Claimants At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series. The author of 'The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid' isn't, after all, a Shakespeare scholar, a playwright, or even a biographer. Reading 'Shakespeare The World As Stage', however, one gets the sense that this eclectic Iowan is exactly the type of person the Bard himself would have selected for the task.