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Shakspere: Personal Recollections

Shakspere: Personal Recollections

by John A. JOYCE (1842 - 1915)

A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling Shakespeare's life, adventures, speeches, and impromptu bursts of poetry. (Summary by Tricia G.)


Birth. School Days. Shows.

Bohemian Hours. Westminster Abbey. 'Love's Labours Lost.'

Death of Queen Elizabeth. Coronation of King James.

Farm. Life. Sport. Poaching on Lucy.

Growing Literary Renown. Royal Patrons.

In Search of Peace and Fortune.

'Julius Caesar.'

Launched. Apprentice Boy. Ambition.

London. Its Guilt and Glory.

Queen Elizabeth. War. Shakspere in Ireland.

Rural England. 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Shakspere as Monologuist. King James.

Stratford. Shakspere's Death. Patriotism Down the Ages.

Sweepstakes; Autograph Letter of Shakspere

Taverns. Theatres. Variegated Society.

The Jew. Shylock. 'The Merchant of Venice.'

The Supernatural. 'Hamlet.'

Theatrical Drudgery. Compositions.

Two Tramps. By Land and Sea.

Windsor Park. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'