Everyone has heard of plays like Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream. But why do we know so little about the man who wrote them? Who exactly was William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon, and why do so many people believe that he was not the person he seemed to be?

 

This book is part of a book series called Who Was .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Short Books Ltd .

Rupert Christiansen is the author of Prima Donna, Romantic Affinities, Tales of the New Babylon. The Visitors and The Voice of Victorian Sex (Short Books). He is the opera critic of the Daily telegraph.