1. The Players are Here
Reconstructing the life, work and era of William Shakespeare - the Bard gets his first taste of theatre. Read by Toby Stephens.
A reconstruction of Shakespeare's life, work and the age he lived in. As a young schoolboy in Stratford upon Avon, William studied Latin. Actors visited the family home when Shakespeare was five and in 1575 Queen Elizabeth I stayed for 19 days at Kenilworth with Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. It's probable that John Shakespeare would have taken his son to see the elaborate shows put on in her honour.
Stephen Greenblatt is the author of Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare published in 2004.
Abridged by Miranda Davies
Read by Toby Stephens
Other extracts read by Alice Hart and John Rowe
Producer Emma Harding
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in October 2004.
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