Sinopsis

Shakespeare Alive! spitits you back to the very heart of that London, as everyday people might have experimenced it. Find out how young people fell in love, how workers and artists made ends meet, what people found funny and what they feared most. Go on location with an Elizabeth theatter company to learn how plays were produced, where Shakespeare's plots came from and how he transformed them. Hear the music of Shakespeare's language and the words we still use today that were first spoken in his time. Open this book and elbow your way into the Globe with the groundlings. You'll be joining one of the most democratic audiences the theater has ever known, alewives, apprentices, shoemakers and nobles, in applauding the dazzling wordplay and swordplay brought to you by William Shakespeare.