The Shakespeare circle: an alternative biography

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Monografie waarin een nieuw licht wordt geworpen op de Engelse toneelschrijver, dichter en acteur aan de hand van onderzoek naar zijn relaties, vrienden en mede-schrijvers. General introduction Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells Part I. Family: 1. His mother Mary Shakespeare Michael Wood 2. His father John Shakespeare David Fallow 3. His siblings Catherine Richardson 4. His sister's family: the Harts Cathy Shrank 5. His wife Anne Shakespeare and the Hathaways Katherine Scheil 6. His daughter Susanna Hall Lachlan Mackinnon 7. His son-in-law John Hall Greg Wells 8. His son Hamnet Shakespeare Graham Holderness 9. His daughter Judith and the Quineys Germaine Greer 10. His granddaughter Lady Elizabeth Barnard Rene Weis 11. His 'cousin': Thomas Greene Tara Hamling Part II. Friends and Neighbours: 12. A close family connection: the Combes Stanley Wells 13. Schoolfriend, publisher and printer Richard Field Carol Chillington Rutter 14. Living with the Mountjoys David Kathman 15. Ben Jonson David Riggs 16. Richard Barnfield, John Weever, William Basse and other encomiasts Andrew Hadfield 17. Last things: Shakespeare's neighbours and beneficiaries Susan Brock Part III. Colleagues and Patrons: 18. His fellow dramatists and early collaborators Andy Kesson 19. His theatre friends: the Burbages John H. Astington 20. His fellow actors Will Kemp, Robert Armin and other members of the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the King's Men Bart Van Es 21. His literary patrons Alan H. Nelson 22. His collaborator George Wilkins Duncan Salkeld 23. His collaborator Thomas Middleton Emma Smith 24. His collaborator John Fletcher Lucy Munro 25. His editors John Heminges and Henry Condell Paul Edmondson Closing remarks Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells Afterword Margaret Drabble Index.