By me, William Shakespeare
Biography
xvi, 469 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780896960640, 0896960641
5727106
I. Shakespeare of Stratford
The elms of Stratford
The ancestors
Shakespeare see his first play
The schoolboy
The young poet
The death of an Arden
II. Shakespeare of Shoreditch
The first theatre
The apprentice
War hath made all friends
The flowering of melancholy
The armored poet
III. Shakespeare of the streets of London
The coming of Falstaff
The roaring boys
The beast with two backs
The hanging of Dr. Lopez
A coat of arms
IV. Shakespeare of Bankside
The great globe itself
Hamlet and the ghost
The house on Silver Street
The rebellion of Lord Essex
Shakespeare of the high mountains
The coming of James
The Moor of Venice
The blood of the poet
King Lear and the second death
The crack-up
The crowning of Cleopatra
V. Shakespeare of the enchanted islands
The death of the prince
The discovery of the islands
The shores of the islands
The tempest
VI. Shakespeare of the last days
The burning of the Globe
The two noble kinsmen
The death of the poet
His rage and influence
Appendixes:
The testament of John Shakespeare
Chronology
Select bibliography
Chapter notes
Index of plays and characters
General index
Includes indexes