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Shakspere: Personal Recollections

by John A. JOYCE (1842 - 1915)

Launched. Apprentice Boy. Ambition.

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.)

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Listen next episodes of Shakspere: Personal Recollections:
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.' , 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. , 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.'