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Shakespeare Cover Image Book

Shakespeare / written by Peter Chrisp ; photographed by Steve Teague.

Eyewitness Shakespeare (other title)
Chrisp, Peter. (Author). Teague, Steve, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Presents the life and work of the English playwright William Shakespeare and provides information about the theater of sixteenth-century London.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0756607221
  • ISBN: 075660723X
  • ISBN: 9780756607234
  • Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: revised edition
  • Publisher: New York : DK Pub., [2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:
At head of title: Eyewitness.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Shakespeare's birthplace 6 -- Going to school 8 -- Religious conflict 10 -- A country childhood 12 -- Country fun 14 -- Lost years 16 -- Up to London 18 -- London shows 20 -- Queen Elizabeth's court 22 -- Playwrights 24 -- England at war 26 -- Plague and poetry 28 -- Enemies and protectors 30 -- Lord Chamberlain's Men 32 -- Building the Globe 34 -- Staging a play 36 -- Music and dance 38 -- Clothes and costumes 40 -- Boy player 42 -- Audience 44 -- Shakespeare's comedies 46 -- King's Men 48 -- Famous tragedies 50 -- Roman plays 52 -- Adventures and fairy tales 54 -- Science and superstition 56 -- Return to Stratford 58 -- Book publishing 60 -- Shakespeare's legacy 62 -- Who's who 66.
Target Audience Note:
4-6
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.9 1 87537.

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Subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Authors, English.
Dramatists, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Theater > England > History > 16th century.
Genre: Biographies.

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