Shakespere's London

Shakespeare: Life and Work

by John MUNRO (1849 - 1930)

William Shakespeare: actor, poet, playwright. He is often called England's greatest writer, the Bard of Avon, a national treasure. But who was he? An average boy, born to an average family of the period; a romantic and dreamer, tempted away from his rural home by the sights and sounds of the big city. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, here is one of the many studies of the bard's life and works.

Listen next episodes of Shakespeare: Life and Work:
Continuation of Shakespere's Biography , Development of Shakespere's Work and their Succession , English Drama Before Shakespere , My Experience in Shakespere's Work , Shakespere as Revealed in his Works , Shakespere's Will, Tomb, and Descendants , The First Period , The Fourth Period , The Second Period , The Third Period