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Written by Hesketh Pearson - Audio book performed by Simon Russell Beale with David Timson, Carole Faber and Daniel Philpott - Produced by Nicolas Soames - Unabridged Nonfiction - 2 COMPACT DISCS - 2.5 hours

Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (April 2001)

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Considered the greatest playwright the world has ever known, William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) wrote thirty-seven plays. His widely studied works continue to be performed and enjoyed by audiences the world over.

A popular biography which looks at the life of the playwright in part through the plays themselves. The intricacies of Elizabethan drama set the background for the tale of the greatest dramatist.