Shakespeare"s Stratford

by Edgar Innes Fripp

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Published 1928 by Oxford university press in London .
Written in

Places:

• Stratford-upon-Avon (England),
• England,
• Stratford-upon-Avon.
Subjects:

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Stratford-upon-Avon.,
• Dramatists, English -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Stratford-upon-Avon.,
• Stratford-upon-Avon (England)

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Edition Notes

Statement	by Edgar I. Fripp ...
Classifications
LC Classifications	PR2916 .F7
The Physical Object
Pagination	vii, [3], 86 p.
Number of Pages	86
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6720809M
LC Control Number	28025583
OCLC/WorldCa	2024349

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  William Shakespeare (), considered the greatest English-speaking writer in history and England’s national poet, has had more theatrical works performed than any other playwright. The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him. Anti-Stratfordians—a collective term for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories—believe that Shakespeare of Stratford was a front to shield the identity of the real author or authors, who for some reason—usually social.

William Shakespeare attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford-upon-Avon; He started there when he was seven. Little is known about his young life at the school, but it is possible to ascertain what life would have been like for him by looking at what school life was like in those : Lee Jamieson. William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April – 23 April ) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". In the summer of , William-Henry was eighteen when Samuel took him to Shakespeare’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Father and son had as their escort an amateur tourist guide by the name.

Continue to Stratford-Upon-Avon and hop out to head inside Shakespeare's childhood home. Afterward, enjoy some leisure time to meander around the town. Spend the afternoon admiring the centuries-old architecture, quiet parks, and winding lanes of Oxford, this revered academic town. Shakespeare divided his time between London and Stratford during his career. In , the year before he bought New Place as his family home in Stratford, Shakespeare was living in the parish of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, north of the River Thames. He moved across the river to Southwark by , the year his company constructed the Globe Theatre.   The Agostino Tornielli book, from Photograph: Folger Shakespeare Library One of his tantalising findings is the potential former owner of a theologicial work by Agostino Tornielli.