The Late Mr. ShakespeareOur guide to the life of the Bard is an actor called Pickleherring, who asserts that as a boy he was an original member of Shakespeare's acting troupe. In an attic above a brothel in Restoration London—a half century after Shakespeare has departed the stage—Pickleherring, now an old man, sits down to write the full story of his former friend, mentor, and master. Fond, faithful Pickleherring has forgotten nothing over the years, and using sources both firsthand and far-fetched he means to set the record straight. Was Shakespeare ever actually "in love"? Did he write his own plays? Who was the Dark Lady of the Sonnets? Brilliantly in tune with today's Shakespeare renaissance, Robert Nye gives us an outrageous, language-loving, and edifying romp through the life and times of the greatest writer who ever lived. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. |
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... knew his ways. I played Puck to his Oberon. To his Prosper, I was Ariel. I washed my hands sleep-walking too, as the Scottish queen. Why, once, at Blackfriars, the man was sick in my cap. I loved the lovely villain, ladies and gentlemen ...
... knew his ways. I played Puck to his Oberon. To his Prosper, I was Ariel. I washed my hands sleep-walking too, as the Scottish queen. Why, once, at Blackfriars, the man was sick in my cap. I loved the lovely villain, ladies and gentlemen ...
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... not mouthing it, not sawing the air with my hand. It was, as I learned later, the way he liked it. He never could abide the ranting sort. Truth to tell, I had never then acted in my life, so I knew no worse. Also, I was.
... not mouthing it, not sawing the air with my hand. It was, as I learned later, the way he liked it. He never could abide the ranting sort. Truth to tell, I had never then acted in my life, so I knew no worse. Also, I was.
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Robert Nye. my life, so I knew no worse. Also, I was afraid, which helped me to say that I was as though I meant it. My performance seemed to please Mr Shakespeare. He took off his hat to me. 'Good,' he said. And then, 'Good, boy,' he ...
Robert Nye. my life, so I knew no worse. Also, I was afraid, which helped me to say that I was as though I meant it. My performance seemed to please Mr Shakespeare. He took off his hat to me. 'Good,' he said. And then, 'Good, boy,' he ...
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... knew how to grind it, in the old ways, to the ancient specifications, with water and stones, furrows and thumbs. In Shakespeare's day there was always a miller there. The miller's taste was in his thumb. The art, on the other hand, is ...
... knew how to grind it, in the old ways, to the ancient specifications, with water and stones, furrows and thumbs. In Shakespeare's day there was always a miller there. The miller's taste was in his thumb. The art, on the other hand, is ...
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... knew and called him. Quod erat demonstrandum, gentlemen. Ladies, you may take it that SHAKESPEARE is how to spell Shakespeare. By the way, a whittawer is a white-tawyer, which is to say one who taws skins into whitleather. (I love these ...
... knew and called him. Quod erat demonstrandum, gentlemen. Ladies, you may take it that SHAKESPEARE is how to spell Shakespeare. By the way, a whittawer is a white-tawyer, which is to say one who taws skins into whitleather. (I love these ...
Contents
his first word the otters | |
Was John Shakespeare John Falstaff? | |
How Shakespeares mother played with | |
What this book is doing | |
Shakespeare breeches | |
Pickleherrings room in which he is writing this book | |
The Man in the Moon or Pickleherring in praise of country history | |
Positively the last word about whittawers | |
What if Queen Elizabeth was Shakespeares mother? | |
The Shakespeare Arms | |
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