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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15223682 Title: William Shakespeare : a compact documentary life Author: S Schoenbaum Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1987. ISBN/ISSN: 0195051610 9780195051612 OCLC:15223682

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William Shakespeare : a compact documentary life

Author:	S Schoenbaum
Publisher:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : Rev. ed. with a new postscriptView all editions and formats
Summary:	An abridged edition that will remain the standard biography for many years.
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Subjects	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Biography. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Shakespeare, William -- 1564-1616 View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biographies Biography
Named Person:	William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	S Schoenbaum Find more information about:
ISBN:	0195051610 9780195051612
OCLC Number:	15223682
Description:	xx, 384 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm
Contents:	Stratford town and Stratford church -- The Shakespeares: from Snitterfield to Stratford -- Offspring -- Rise and fall -- John Shakespeare's spiritual testament -- Faith and knowledge -- Early employment and marriage -- The lost years -- London and the theatres -- The upstart crow -- Plays, plague, and a patron -- The Lord Chamberlain's man -- A gentleman of means -- His Majesty's servant -- Stratford again.
Responsibility:	S. Schoenbaum.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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