Alexander Waugh

Shakespeare with or without the waffle

Two new books take a radically different approach, but the lively 30-Second Shakespeare beats the academic ‘alternative biography’ hands down

issue 05 December 2015

  • 30-Second Shakespeare

    Ros Barber and Mark Rylance

    Ivy Press, pp. 160

  • The Shakespeare Circle: An Alternative Biography

    Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells

    CUP, pp. 370

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