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A review by readerharris
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
3.0
As I've enjoyed other books by Bryson, I figured I would give this one a shot. I'm a big Shakespeare fan, so I wanted to see/hear what he had to say.
Bryson goes through the collected information on Shakespeare, noting that we really don't know much about his life. This book is a collaboration of sorts, of the information that has been published on Shakespeare. He talks about history of the times, information about how they recorded important items, and about some of the theories that Shakespeare wasn't really Shakespeare. One thing that really stood out to me was when Bryson talked about how in a handbook of spelling, there were about 20 different ways to write the letter "d." I know my students would go crazy if they had to memorize something like that.
A good read, overall, with some not so interesting parts.
Bryson goes through the collected information on Shakespeare, noting that we really don't know much about his life. This book is a collaboration of sorts, of the information that has been published on Shakespeare. He talks about history of the times, information about how they recorded important items, and about some of the theories that Shakespeare wasn't really Shakespeare. One thing that really stood out to me was when Bryson talked about how in a handbook of spelling, there were about 20 different ways to write the letter "d." I know my students would go crazy if they had to memorize something like that.
A good read, overall, with some not so interesting parts.