Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two - Applause Books

Publisher Marketing: In the notes to each of 35 scenes from Shakespeare's plays John Russell Brown offers a sensible guidance for those who have little or no experience with the formidable Bard. Review Citations: Library Journal 03/01/2001 pg. 93 (EAN 9780333589564, Hardcover) Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 237 (EAN 9780333589564, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Brown, John Russell John Russell Brown is Professor of Theatre at the University of Michigan and was for fifteen years Associate of the National Theatre in London. Contributor Bio:  Shakespeare, William The poet's birth and baptism. John Shakespeare's marriage with Mary Arden doubtless took place at Aston Cantlowe, the parish church of Wilmcote, in the autumn of 1557 (the church registers begin at a later date). On September 15, 1558, his first child, a daughter, Joan, was baptised in the church of Stratford. A second child, another daughter, Margaret, was baptised on December 2, 1562; but both these children died in infancy. The poet William, the first son and third child, was born on April 22 or 23, 1564. The latter date is generally accepted as his birthday, mainly (it would appear) on the ground that it was the day of his death. There is no positive evidence on the subject, but the Stratford parish registers attest that he was baptised on April 26.