Bibliograph

The late Mr. Shakespeare, a novel, Robert Nye

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The late Mr. Shakespeare, a novel, Robert Nye

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The late Mr. Shakespeare

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Robert Nye

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Our 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

Target audience

adult

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Late Mister Shakespeare

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