A Life of Shakespeare
Nonfiction, History, World History, Americas, United States, Fiction & Literature, Action Suspense
| Author: | Hesketh Pearson | ISBN: | 9781789120790 |
| Publisher: | Valmy Publishing | Publication: | March 12, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Valmy Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hesketh Pearson |
| ISBN: | 9781789120790 |
| Publisher: | Valmy Publishing |
| Publication: | March 12, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Valmy Publishing |
| Language: | English |
‘You are a genuine soaker in Shakespeare, and have not read him as a task. You have him by heart.’—Bernard Shaw wrote in a letter to Hesketh Pearson.
Before he became a well-known biographer, Hesketh Pearson was an actor. Few facts are known about Shakespeare, but with an actor’s eye and a supreme self-confidence Pearson has drawn a recognisable portrait of Shakespeare the man—even telling us the colour of his hair and of his predilection for black-haired women. The plays and poems are assessed in the search to discover and build up a picture of Shakespeare’s character. Pearson has included an anthology of his favourite lines and passages.
‘You are a genuine soaker in Shakespeare, and have not read him as a task. You have him by heart.’—Bernard Shaw wrote in a letter to Hesketh Pearson.
Before he became a well-known biographer, Hesketh Pearson was an actor. Few facts are known about Shakespeare, but with an actor’s eye and a supreme self-confidence Pearson has drawn a recognisable portrait of Shakespeare the man—even telling us the colour of his hair and of his predilection for black-haired women. The plays and poems are assessed in the search to discover and build up a picture of Shakespeare’s character. Pearson has included an anthology of his favourite lines and passages.
