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Title: William Shakespeare
His Homes and Haunts

Author: Samuel Levy Bensusan

Illustrator: A. Forrestier

Release Date: August 5, 2009 [EBook #29611]

Language: English

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SHAKESPEARE

THE PILGRIM BOOKS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

THE PILGRIM BOOKS

_General Editor_--

S. L. BENSUSAN

1. SHAKESPEARE
2. LAMB
3. WORDSWORTH

_Others in Preparation_

=THE ELY PALACE PORTRAIT AT SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE=

WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE

HIS HOMES AND HAUNTS

BY
S.L. BENSUSAN

WITH TWELVE DRAWINGS IN CRAYON BY
A. FORRESTIER
AND FOUR PORTRAITS

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
AND EDINBURGH

HUNC LIBELLUM

REVERENDISSIMO

M. GASTER, PH.D.

VIRO ERUDITISSIMO

PRAECEPTORI PERITISSIMO

AMICO FIDELISSIMO

MAGNA CUM REVERENTIA

D.D.D.

OLIM DICIPULUS

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. STRATFORD-ON-AVON 1

II. THE POET'S YOUTH 8

III. NATURE ROUND STRATFORD AND SHOTTERY 15

IV. FIRST DAYS IN LONDON 20

V. SHAKESPEARE'S LONDON 24

VI. THE STAGE IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY 28

VII. SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY PLAYS 35

VIII. THE ELIZABETHAN TAVERNS 41

IX. THE MIDDLE PERIOD 46

X. THE LATEST PLAYS 50

XI. BACK AGAIN IN STRATFORD 55