Now in a new edition, Lukas Erne's groundbreaking study argues that Shakespeare, apart from being a playwright who wrote theatrical texts for the stage, was als

Shakespeare made his money from writing for public theatres like the Globe, but the companies he served only survived because the royal courts had their own use

Shakespeare and the Book Trade follows on from Lukas Erne's groundbreaking Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist to examine the publication, constitution, dissemina

Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost hal

This book considers Shakespeare as a literary figure, analysing his full professional career, both poetry and plays.