James Shapiro, Author . HarperCollins $26.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-008873-6
The year 1599 was crucial in the Bard's artistic evolution as well as in the historical upheavals he lived through. That year's output—Henry V
, Julius Caesar
, As You Like It
and (debatably) Hamlet
—not only spans a shift in...
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James Shapiro, Author . Simon & Schuster $26 (339p) ISBN 978-1-4165-4162-2
Shapiro, author of the much admired A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599,
achieves another major success in the field of Shakespeare research by exploring why the Bard's authorship of his works has been so much challenged. Step-by...
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James Shapiro, Author Pantheon Books $24 (256p) ISBN 978-0-375-40926-4
About every 10 years since 1634, the residents of Oberammergau, nestled in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, stage their version of the Passion play, attracting large international audiences. In 2000, the six-hour production will be performed five
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James Shapiro. Simon & Schuster, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4165-4164-6
Shakespeare expert Shapiro (Contested Will) delivers a fascinating account of the events of 1606 and how they may have influenced three tragedies the Bard is thought to have written that year or soon afterwards. He starts by acknowledging that...
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James Shapiro, read by Robert Fass. Tantor Audio, , unabridged, 6 CDs, 7 hrs., $34.99 ISBN 978-1-5159-0140-2
Shakespeare expert Shapiro delivers a fascinating account of the events of 1606 in Shakespeare’s life and how they may have influenced three tragedies the bard is thought to have written that year or soon afterward. Shapiro analyzes the plays King...
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James Shapiro. Penguin Press, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-52229-4
Columbia University English professor Shapiro (The Year of Lear) explores how Shakespeare’s plays have provided a framework for confronting America’s “social and political collisions” in this richly detailed episodic history. Starting in the 19th...
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James Shapiro. Penguin Press, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-0-593-49020-4
Columbia University literature professor Shapiro follows up Shakespeare in a Divided America with another captivating theater history in which politics and entertainment intersect. Established in 1935 under the New Deal, the Federal Theatre Project...
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