The Lodger

Description:

In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster – it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine – a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry – but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare's life. Marshalling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as Othello, Measure for Measure and King Lear.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Dramatists, English,  English Dramatists,  Homes and haunts,  Nonfiction,  Biography & Autobiography,  Biography,  History,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, biography,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, homes and haunts,  Dramatists, biography

People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Places: Cripplegate (London, England),  England,  England) Cripplegate (London,  London

Times: Early modern, 1500-1700