Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-175) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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William Shakespeare -- Shakespeare's Stratford friends -- Richard Quiney -- Hamnet Sadler -- Richard Tyler -- Richard Field -- The Combe family -- The Nash family -- William Reynolds -- Thomas Greene -- John Hall -- Thomas Russell -- Alexander Aspinall -- Julius Shaw -- John Robinson -- Francis Collins -- William Walker -- Shakespeare's London friends -- Friends of a sort: Shakespeare and royalty -- Queen Elizabeth I -- King James I -- Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton -- Emilia Bassano Lanier -- The Earls and the Countess of Pembroke -- Lady Warwick -- Maria Mountjoy -- William Johnson -- Michael Drayton -- The Davenant family -- Friends at work -- Philip Henslowe -- Edward Alleyn -- Christopher Marlowe -- Ben Jonson -- The collaborators -- Thomas Dekker -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- Francis Beaumont -- John Fletcher -- Shareholders and housekeepers -- Thomas Pope -- William Sly -- Cuthbert Burbage -- Will Kempe -- Augustine Phillips -- Richard Burbage -- John Heminges -- Henry Condell -- The wives -- In Strartford: Judith Sadler, Bess Quiney, Ann Digges Russell, Ann Shaw Aspinall -- In London: Jacqueline Vautrollier Field, Rebecca Heminges, Elizabeth Condell, Winifred Burbage -- The first folio.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Taking seriously the commonplace that a man is known by the company he keeps--and particularly by the company he keeps over his lifetime--one can learn more about just about anyone by learning more about his friends. By applying this notion to Shakespeare, this book offers insight into the life of the most famous playwright in history, and one of the most elusive figures in literature. The book consists of sketches of Shakespeare's contact and relationships with the people known to have been close friends or acquaintances, revealing aspects of the poet's life by emphasizing ways in which his lif.
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Title
Shakespeare's friends.
International Standard Book Number
9780275989569
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Friends and associates.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Dramatists, English-- Early modern, 1500-1700, Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.
DRAMA-- Shakespeare.
Dramatists, English-- Early modern-- Biography.
Friendship.
LITERARY CRITICISM-- Shakespeare.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, History, Elizabeth, 1558-1603, Biography.