A01=E A J Honigmann
Author_E A J Honigmann
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Product details
- ISBN 9780719054259
- Weight: 263g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 10 Dec 1998
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This literary detective story throws light on the problem of what Shakespeare was doing between leaving school and appearing as an actor and playwright in London. Bringing forward historic and documentary evidence, this text argues that Shakespeare worked as a schoolmaster and player for a wealthy Catholic landowner in Lancashire and later for the Earl of Derby. One of the book's conclusions is that Shakespeare was probably a Roman Catholic. Step by step, this story of patronage, recusancy and aspiring talent is pursued through complex family relationships.
E. A. J. Honigmann was, until his retirement, Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
