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1606 by James Shapiro

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1606 by James Shapiro

Following the biographical style of 1599, this book traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Elizabethan play, The Chronicle History of King Leir, and transformed it into his most searing tragedy, King Lear.

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Professor James Shapiro, who teaches at Columbia University in New York, is the author of Rival Playwrights, Shakespeare and the Jews, and Oberammergau: The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play. 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare won the BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize in 2006. His most recent book is Contested Will.
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ISBN 13 9780571235797
ISBN 10 0571235794
Title 1606
Author James Shapiro
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2016-04-07
Number of pages 448
Prizes Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Biography) 2016
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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