Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and Legacy by Schoch, Richard

Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and Legacy

In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in...
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Author: Richard Schoch
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Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and Legacy by Schoch, Richard

Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and Legacy

CHF 47.65

Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and Legacy

CHF 47.65
Author: Richard Schoch
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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 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.

Author: Richard Schoch
Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
Published: 11/16/2023
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781350409354

About the Author
Richard Schoch is Professor of Drama at Queen's University Belfast, UK. He is the author of seven books, including Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sir William Davenant and the Duke's Company (The Arden Shakespeare, 2022) (with Amanda Winkler), A Short History of Shakespeare in Performance (2021), Not Shakespeare (2002) and Shakespeare's Victorian Stage (1998). He led the AHRC research project 'Performing Restoration Shakespeare' (2017-2020), in partnership with the Folger Shakespeare Library and Shakespeare's Globe.

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