9780688162948-0688162940-Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare

Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare

ISBN-13: 9780688162948
ISBN-10: 0688162940
Edition: Reprint
Author: Diane Stanley, Peter Vennema
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: HarperCollins
Format: Paperback 48 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780688162948
ISBN-10: 0688162940
Edition: Reprint
Author: Diane Stanley, Peter Vennema
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: HarperCollins
Format: Paperback 48 pages

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Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare (ISBN-13: 9780688162948 and ISBN-10: 0688162940), written by authors Diane Stanley, Peter Vennema, was published by HarperCollins in 1998. With an overall rating of 5.0 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.26.

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William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in the modern world.

Drama had been forgotten since the days of ancient Greece, but it reemerged in Elizabethan London with the building of the first modern theater. Its impact can still be imagined today. There were the theaters, open to the weather and featuring neither sets nor curtains, but equipped with dramatic special effects. There were the companies of actors--the leading men, the comedians, the boys who played women's roles--and the playwrights who gave them all lines to say.

Best of all, there was William Shakespeare, who rubbed shoulders with noblemen and royalty as well as with the rowdy crowds at the foot of the stage. He was suspected of involvement in a treasonous rebellion, and his last play literally brought down the house when cannon effects set fire to the famous Globe theater and it burned to the ground.

Award-winning collaborators Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema have once again created a feast of words and pictures to celebrate the life of a remarkable person from the pages of history: William Shakespeare, a man for all time."

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Nov 12, 2022

We really enjoyed this book and learning more about William Shakespeare and some of his life.