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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Londoners adored the theater, yet few truly skilled playwrights emerged in the 1590s.
Chapter 3: An investment in a permanent theater secured Shakespeare’s finances.
Chapter 4: Elizabethan England was ensnared in a theological and military conflict with Catholic Spain.
Chapter 5: Shakespeare captured the mood in London while the city readied for a Spanish invasion.
Chapter 6: Assassination was among the era’s central political questions in 1599.
Chapter 7: Shakespeare was not just a bard — he was a businessman.
Chapter 8: The Globe helped Shakespeare cement his status as the greatest dramatist of the era.
Description
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (2005) sets out to answer a slippery question: How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare? Despite centuries of digging, literary scholars have failed to find the kind of documentary evidence that illuminates conventional biographies. Does that mean we can only speculate about the great dramatist’s life? Not quite. In these blinks, we’ll shed light on the real Shakespeare by reconstructing the world in which he lived during the single and remarkable year of 1599.
Who Should Listen
- Shakespeare lovers
- History buffs
- Theatergoers