Will in the World. On Shakespeare.

[david13]

Looks like a good bio, and it was recommended to me by someone in theater. So I shall see.
dc

[eleny]

1. Let us know how you liked it

[david13]

2. So far so good. Excellent, just the type of book I like to read. I

am taking my time, and also working on Riding Man by Mark Gardiner. The story of his full time entry into the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race, annual, now in it's 107th year.
Both like fine wine or good whiskey ( I don't drink ) but the type of thing I want to savor and enjoy, a little every night.
dc

[pscot]

3. I was reading the Henry the 4th plays recently

One thing led to another and now I'm reading Shakespeare's English Kings, by Peter Saccio, and Shakespeare the Player by John Southworth. The first is history, the second explores a very interesting thesis. Southworth is a working actor. He explores the idea that Shakespeare got his start as an apprentice to an acting company. Elizabethan theater was a complicated business and it's ludicrous to suppose Shakespeare jjust showed up in London in the '90s knowing all about stagecraft and ready to knock out Richard the 3rd and Romeo and Juliet. Makes a lot of sense when you think about it. I'll take a look at Will in the World.

[WCGreen]

4. It's a wonderful book that I have given to many as a present...

It really get's you inside of the struggle between Catholicss and the Church of England and how that dynamic influenced Shakespeares work.