Think you know Shakespeare? Think again . . .
Was a real skull used in the first performance of Hamlet? Were
Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan blockbusters? How much do we really know
about the playwright's life? And what of his notorious relationship with
his wife? Exploring and exploding 30 popular myths about the great
playwright, this illuminating new book evaluates all the evidence to
show how historical material--or its absence--can be interpreted and
misinterpreted, and what this reveals about our own personal investment
in the stories we tell.