Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Shakespeare - The Biography, Vol. I: Aspiring Spirit: From Stratford to London
    Unavailable
    Shakespeare - The Biography, Vol. I: Aspiring Spirit: From Stratford to London
    Unavailable
    Shakespeare - The Biography, Vol. I: Aspiring Spirit: From Stratford to London
    Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

    Shakespeare - The Biography, Vol. I: Aspiring Spirit: From Stratford to London

    Written by Peter Ackroyd

    Narrated by Simon Callow

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, Ackroyd not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare's life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid, interesting material about place, period and background.

    Walk with Ackroyd through sixteenth century London and Stratford as he uncovers the intimate circumstances of Shakespeare's life. Discover the theatrical world in which Shakespeare had his being, not just Shakespeare the actor but the other actors, playwrights, and managers that surrounded him. And journey to Stratford to meet Shakespeare the family man, whose private life had such an impact on his work that the strongest bond in his plays is always between father and daughter.

    A Random House UK audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House UK Audio
    Release dateSep 15, 2005
    ISBN9781846575020
    Unavailable
    Shakespeare - The Biography, Vol. I: Aspiring Spirit: From Stratford to London
    Author

    Peter Ackroyd

    Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning novelist, as well as a broadcaster, biographer, poet and historian. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers, Thames: Sacred River and London: The Biography, as well as the History of England series. He holds a CBE for services to literature and lives in London.

    More audiobooks from Peter Ackroyd

    Related to Shakespeare - The Biography, Vol. I

    Related audiobooks

    Literary Criticism For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Centre Stage

      Mar 24, 2022

      Centre Stage
      2 min read

    • Article

      Speaking Of Shakespeare

      May 1, 2023

      Speaking Of Shakespeare
      3 min read

    • Article

      It's William Shakespeare's birthday!

      Mar 28, 2024

      April marks the birth of The Bard, as his life is celebrated the world over – not least in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon No one knows the exact date of Shakespeare's birth, though 23 April is traditionally used (records do show that he was bapt

      1 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Nov 29, 2022

      Books
      3 min read

    • Article

      A Thespaurus

      Feb 8, 2023

      By Peter Ackroyd Reaktion Books £20 Peter Ackroyd has given us another sweep through history, roaring through the centuries. This time, we learn about the origins of spoken performance in England and how the art of ac ting has developed. He takes us

      3 min read

    • Article

      All The World’s A Stage

      Apr 6, 2023

      All The World’s A Stage
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Impresarios

      May 20, 2021

      Probably the most important theatre manager in England in this era, Henslowe made his fortune putting on plays and offering entertainment and diversions around them. He started out with money from his marriage to a wealthy widow and opened up The Ros

      1 min read

    • Article

      Life And Times: William Shakespeare

      Jun 9, 2021

      Considered the first English writer to become wealthy from his published output, Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, the son of a trader. Attendance at the local grammar gave him an ample grounding in

      1 min read

    • Article

      Welcome

      Apr 15, 2021

      Welcome
      1 min read

    • Article

      What If We Never Had The Bard?

      May 6, 2023

      WITHOUT the First Folio, 18 of Shakespeare’s plays that had not previously been printed would have been lost, among them Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night and The Tempest. No “friends, Romans and countrymen”, no “brave new world”, no “double, do

      3 min read

    • Article

      Michael Wood On…

      May 11, 2023

      Michael Wood On…
      3 min read

    • Article

      Lighting Up The Stage

      Mar 16, 2023

      “Acting is merely the art of keeping a large number of people from coughing,” declared the sublime actor Ralph Richardson. His wry line suggests just how hard it is to say anything of substance about this most ancient of art forms. Unlike the playtex

      2 min read

    • Article

      A Curious History Of Love

      Jan 25, 2024

      A Curious History Of Love
      2 min read

    • Article

      Stratford-UPON-AVON

      Sep 8, 2021

      YOU CAN’T GO anywhere in Stratford without being performed at. In the garden of Shakespeare’s birthplace three costumed performers accost visitors, asking them to name one of his plays. They then declaim a speech from memory for you. Guests pass thro

      5 min read

    • Article

      Stratford-UPON-AVON

      Sep 8, 2021

      YOU CAN’T GO anywhere in Stratford without being performed at. In the garden of Shakespeare’s birthplace three costumed performers accost visitors, asking them to name one of his plays. They then declaim a speech from memory for you. Guests pass thro

      5 min read

    • Article

      Art House

      Dec 22, 2023

      Art House
      5 min read

    • Article

      From Parchment To Performance

      Apr 15, 2021

      In Shakespeare’s time, playwriting was a matter of both perspiration and inspiration. First he had to think up a story, which he would shape into a plot. Usually this meant he had to do a lot of fresh reading, because most of Shakespeare’s plays are

      4 min read

    • Article

      First Folio Anniversary

      Apr 6, 2023

      Shakespeare’s New Place A new exhibition, A Great Variety of Readers – 400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio, opens in Stratford-upon-Avon on 25 March. The exhibition will feature an original copy of The First Folio, as well as a seal ring. Found in

      1 min read

    • Article

      In the LIMELIGHT

      Aug 2, 2019

      In the LIMELIGHT
      4 min read

    Reviews for Shakespeare - The Biography, Vol. I

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words