Paul Menzer is Dean of Visual and Performing Arts at Mary Baldwin University, where he is a professor and the director of the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program. He is the editor of Inside Shakespeare: Essays on the Blackfriars Stage (2006) and author of The Hamlets: Cues, Q’s, and Remembered Texts (2008), Anecdotal Shakespeare: a New Performance History (2015), Shakespeare in the Theatre: The American Shakespeare Center (2017), as well as editions of Romeo and Juliet (2017) and Doctor Faustus (2018).

Written with verve, this biography is as breezy as it is illuminating.

• Series PrefacePreface: The Complete Life of William ShakespeareChapter 1. Shakespeare’s DeadChapter 2. Earth Unto EarthChapter 3. Shakespeare at SchoolChapter 4. Anne Hathaway, akaChapter 5. The Lost YearsChapter 6. Stratford in the Rear ViewChapter 7. Enter LondonChapter 8. Shakespeare, playwrightChapter 9. Shakespeare, poet Chapter 10. Shakespeare’s CompanyChapter 11. William Shakespeare, gent.Chapter 12. Shakespeare at CourtChapter 13. Shakespeare’s Globe?Chapter 14. Shakespeare’s PropertiesChapter 15. The King’s ManChapter 16. The Plague YearsChapter 17. Shakespeare’s DaughtersChapter 18. The Returning PointChapter 19. Shakespeare’s HeadEpilogue: Yellow LeavesNotesIndex

Paul Menzer is Dean of Visual and Performing Arts at Mary Baldwin University, where he is a professor and the director of the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program. He is the editor of Inside Shakespeare: Essays on the Blackfriars Stage (2006) and author of The Hamlets: Cues, Q’s, and Remembered Texts (2008), Anecdotal Shakespeare: a New Performance History (2015), Shakespeare in the Theatre: The American Shakespeare Center (2017), as well as editions of Romeo and Juliet (2017) and Doctor Faustus (2018).

Written with verve, this biography is as breezy as it is illuminating.

• Series PrefacePreface: The Complete Life of William ShakespeareChapter 1. Shakespeare’s DeadChapter 2. Earth Unto EarthChapter 3. Shakespeare at SchoolChapter 4. Anne Hathaway, akaChapter 5. The Lost YearsChapter 6. Stratford in the Rear ViewChapter 7. Enter LondonChapter 8. Shakespeare, playwrightChapter 9. Shakespeare, poet Chapter 10. Shakespeare’s CompanyChapter 11. William Shakespeare, gent.Chapter 12. Shakespeare at CourtChapter 13. Shakespeare’s Globe?Chapter 14. Shakespeare’s PropertiesChapter 15. The King’s ManChapter 16. The Plague YearsChapter 17. Shakespeare’s DaughtersChapter 18. The Returning PointChapter 19. Shakespeare’s HeadEpilogue: Yellow LeavesNotesIndex

Paul Menzer is Dean of Visual and Performing Arts at Mary Baldwin University, where he is a professor and the director of the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program. He is the editor of Inside Shakespeare: Essays on the Blackfriars Stage (2006) and author of The Hamlets: Cues, Q’s, and Remembered Texts (2008), Anecdotal Shakespeare: a New Performance History (2015), Shakespeare in the Theatre: The American Shakespeare Center (2017), as well as editions of Romeo and Juliet (2017) and Doctor Faustus (2018).

Written with verve, this biography is as breezy as it is illuminating.

• Series PrefacePreface: The Complete Life of William ShakespeareChapter 1. Shakespeare’s DeadChapter 2. Earth Unto EarthChapter 3. Shakespeare at SchoolChapter 4. Anne Hathaway, akaChapter 5. The Lost YearsChapter 6. Stratford in the Rear ViewChapter 7. Enter LondonChapter 8. Shakespeare, playwrightChapter 9. Shakespeare, poet Chapter 10. Shakespeare’s CompanyChapter 11. William Shakespeare, gent.Chapter 12. Shakespeare at CourtChapter 13. Shakespeare’s Globe?Chapter 14. Shakespeare’s PropertiesChapter 15. The King’s ManChapter 16. The Plague YearsChapter 17. Shakespeare’s DaughtersChapter 18. The Returning PointChapter 19. Shakespeare’s HeadEpilogue: Yellow LeavesNotesIndex