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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... poem In which Mr Shakespeare plays a game at tennis What Shakespeare got from Florio + a word about George Peele Deaths, etc. 'Mrs Lines and Mr Barkworth' Shakespeare in Scotland & other witchcrafts About Comfort Ballantine In which ...
... poem In which Mr Shakespeare plays a game at tennis What Shakespeare got from Florio + a word about George Peele Deaths, etc. 'Mrs Lines and Mr Barkworth' Shakespeare in Scotland & other witchcrafts About Comfort Ballantine In which ...
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... poem out of his head, composing extemporarily. He was what the Italians call an improvisatore. Mr Shakespeare made good use of this talent in his comedy called As You Like It, where Armin took the part of Touchstone. When Rosalind (your ...
... poem out of his head, composing extemporarily. He was what the Italians call an improvisatore. Mr Shakespeare made good use of this talent in his comedy called As You Like It, where Armin took the part of Touchstone. When Rosalind (your ...
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... poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, when his mind must have certainly been on the job. It is in fact the form in nearly all the printings of his plays in my possession. And it is also the way his name is spelt in the text of ...
... poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, when his mind must have certainly been on the job. It is in fact the form in nearly all the printings of his plays in my possession. And it is also the way his name is spelt in the text of ...
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... poems. Why not? How else could it be when you think about it? My mind is printed with his words and phrases. (Sometimes I think he dreamed me.) I was his page, sir. Now the page writes the book. Remember, madam, I am an ancient actor. I ...
... poems. Why not? How else could it be when you think about it? My mind is printed with his words and phrases. (Sometimes I think he dreamed me.) I was his page, sir. Now the page writes the book. Remember, madam, I am an ancient actor. I ...
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... there, the Scotch being sourer to start with. It was Mr Shakespeare awakened me to language. But I think you won't find a bun in his plays nor in his poems. I like a buttered specimen myself to my breakfast. Mary Shakespeare's labours had.
... there, the Scotch being sourer to start with. It was Mr Shakespeare awakened me to language. But I think you won't find a bun in his plays nor in his poems. I like a buttered specimen myself to my breakfast. Mary Shakespeare's labours had.
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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