A Life of Shakespeare, Hesketh Pearson
A Life of Shakespeare, Hesketh Pearson
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A Life of Shakespeare

Author: Hesketh Pearson

Narrator: Simon Russell Beale, with David Timson, Caroline Faber, and Daniel Philpott

Abridged: 2 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 02/01/2001


Synopsis

A popular biography which looks at the life of the playwright in part through the plays themselves. The intricacies of Elizabethan drama set the background for the tale of the greatest dramatist.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mom on August 10, 2021

Unexpected detail I had previously not known about Shakespeare, including why he left his Anne Hathaway his second best bed.......more

Goodreads review by Donald on January 05, 2011

I liked this one. Reviewing Shakespeare's writing in the context of his life was enlightening.......more