Mays, Andrea E.

Summary: "Today it is the most valuable book in the world. Recently one sold for over five million dollars. It is the book that rescued the name of William Shakespeare and half of his plays from oblivion. The Millionaire and the Bard tells the miraculous and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015

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Aliki.

Summary: Tells the story of the well-known playwright, William Shakespeare, and of the famous Globe Theatre in which many of his works were performed.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1999

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.09 ALI

Shapiro, James S.

Summary: An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what he reads and writes, what he sees, and whom he works with as he invests in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM SHA

Nicholl, Charles.

Summary: "In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster - and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken, words, were recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage dowry - but it opens an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life story. Some eight years earlier, we learn, Shakespeare was lodging in the house of a French immigrant...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM NIC

Bate, Jonathan.

Summary: Bate's Soul of the Age tells the story of the great dramatist while deducing the crucial events of Shakespeare's life, connecting those events to his world and work as never before, and revealing how this unsurpassed artist came to be.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009

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Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Spark Pub. 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Play Shakespeare

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

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Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2003

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Shakespeare, William

Summary: Known as the greatest playwright of all time William Shakespeare has been immortalized in this deluxe 1448 page edition of his works.This Complete Library of Shakespeare is divided into three sections, Tragedies, Comedies & Histories with Sonnets.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Trident Press International 1999

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

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Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2003

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Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Spark Pub. 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Play Shakespeare

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Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

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Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2003

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Greenblatt, Stephen

Summary: A young man from the provinces a man without wealth, connections, or university educatiońmoves to London. In a remarkably short time he becomes the greatest playwright not just of his age but of all time. His works appeal to urban sophisticates and first-time theatergoers; he turns politics into poetry; he recklessly mingles vulgar clowning and philosophical subtlety. How is such an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2005

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Rosen, Michael

Summary: Presents the life and times of the renowned author through a review of some plays and expressions.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2001

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SHAKESPEAR ROS

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT PeopleShakespeare