{"product_id":"shakespeare-the-player","title":"Shakespeare the Player","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMan of the Millennium' he may be but William Shakespeare is a shadowy historical figure.\u003c\/strong\u003e His writings have been analysed exhaustively but much of his life remains a mystery. This controversial biography aims to redress the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo his contemporaries, Shakespeare was known not as a playwright but as an actor, yet this has been largely ignored or marginalised by most modern writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere John Southworth overturns traditional images of the Bard and his work, arguing that Shakespeare cannot be separated from his profession as a player any more than he can be separated from his works. Only by approaching Shakespeare's life from this new angle can we hope to learn or understand anything new about him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Shakespeare's life as an actor as he learns his craft and begins work on his own plays, Southworth presents the Bard and his plays in their proper context for the first time. Groundbreaking, contentious and a work of deep scholarship and understanding, \u003cem\u003eShakespeare the Player\u003c\/em\u003e should change the way we think about the English language's greatest artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257883545944,"sku":"9780750930604","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780750930604.jpg?v=1777637755","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shakespeare-the-player","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}