Richard Schoch

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Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and LegacyHardcover, 2 November 2023

Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and Legacy
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Print Length
200 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Date Published
2 Nov 2023
ISBN-10
1350409359
ISBN-13
9781350409354

Description

In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 - known colloquially as the 'Birthplace' - remains the chief shrine. It's not as romantic as Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage, it's not where he wrote any of his plays, and there's nothing inside the house that once belonged to Shakespeare himself. So why, for centuries, have people kept turning up on the doorstep? Richard Schoch answers that question by examining the history of the Birthplace and by exploring how its changing fortunes over the past four centuries perfectly mirror the changing attitudes toward Shakespeare himself.

Based on original research in the archives of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, and featuring two black and white illustrated plate sections which draw on the wide array of material available at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum, this book traces the history of Shakespeare's birthplace over four centuries. Beginning in the 1560s, when Shakespeare was born there, it ends in the 1890s, when the house was rescued from private purchase and turned into the Shakespeare monument that it remains today.

Product Details

Author:
Richard Schoch
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
2 November 2023
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 2.54 cm
ISBN-10:
1350409359
ISBN-13:
9781350409354
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
200
Weight:
453.59 gm

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