Explore!: Shakespeare
No. of pages 32
Published: 2015
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This book features in the following series: Explore, Explorers .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .
Jane Bingham is an experienced author and editor of children's books.
This book has the following chapters:
- 1: Who was William Shakespeare?
- 2: Young William
- 3: A Great Success
- 4: All Sorts of Plays
- 5: Shakespeare's England
- 6: The Wider World
- 7: Shakespeare's London
- 8: The Globe Theatre
- 9: Make a Model Theatre
- 10: Actors and Playwrights
- 11: A Boy Actor's Day
- 12: Music and Art
- 13: Facts and Figures
This book features the following characters:
John Shakespeare
This book features the character John Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. He wrote plays, sonnets and verse and is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English Language. Son of a glove maker, he grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon. He married Anne Hathaway and had three children, though one died very young. Shakespeare left Stratford to pursue theatre in London, where he acted at the Globe Theatre, wrote and was part owner of a playing company called 'The Lord Chamberlein's Men' (later 'The King's Men').
Mary Arden
This book features the character Mary Arden.
Anne Hathaway
This book features the character Anne Hathaway.
