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Shakespeare: The World as a Stage | [Bill Bryson]
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Shakespeare: The World as a Stage

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  • by Bill Bryson
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  • LENGTH
    5 hrs and 27 mins
  • RELEASE DATE
    10-09-07
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Publisher's Summary

Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions. Some are preposterous, some are conflicting, all are arranged around the few scant facts known about the Bard, from his birth in Stratford to the bequest of his "second best bed" to his wife when he died.Following his international best-sellers A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson has written a short biography of William Shakespeare for the Eminent Lives series, which seeks to pair great subjects with writers known for their strong sensibilities and sharp, lively points of view.

©2007 Bill Bryson; (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UK

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    Russell BrisbaneAustralia 10-11-09
    Russell BrisbaneAustralia 10-11-09
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    "Not the book you might think it is..."

    This is a book about Shakespeare the man (and the times he lived in) - it is not a guide to his works. But given that qualification, it is an intriguing account. It flows easily into the ear, constantly asking interesting questions, and answering many. But in the end, we are still left wondering how any person could grasp so much and penetrate so deeply into humankind.

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    Bill Manly, Australia 03-24-13
    Bill Manly, Australia 03-24-13 Member Since 2006
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    "another Bryson best"
    If you could sum up Shakespeare in three words, what would they be?

    a good read


    Have you listened to any of Bill Bryson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    as good as 'at home' also excellent work


    Any additional comments?

    keep up the good work Bill

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    Steven Auckland, New Zealand 12-27-11
    Steven Auckland, New Zealand 12-27-11
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    "Wit wittled down by voice"

    As a Bryson fan I have thoroughly enjoyed his books and was looking forward to his insightful and irreverent treatment of this noble subject. He lived up to expectations with a rather concise account of the life, times and work of Shakespeare with generous dollops of sarcasm, humour and derision thrown in. It would have been a splendid piece of work had Bryson settled for a professional narrator (as in Short History of Nearly Everything). Instead Bryson's clipped, clumsy and poorly enunciated voice is intrusive and jarring. What a pity. I hope the publishers consider another edition with a trained actor as narrator.

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