{"id":5616,"date":"2017-12-04T11:06:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5616"},"modified":"2017-12-04T11:06:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:06:35","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5616","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below are many books and films that are recommended reading for any Shakespeare student.<\/p>\n

Books<\/span>
\nMetamorphosis by Ovid
\nThe Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
\nA Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 by James Shapiro
\nShakespeare’s Sonnets by David West
\nShakespeare’s Sonnets by Booth
\nShakespeare’s Words by Crystal
\nShakespeare’s Wordplay by Scott Kaiser
\nAll the Words a Stage by Sheeder
\nSpeak the speech by Plotkin
\nHow to Speak Shakespeare by Louis Colaianni
\nShakespeare in an Hour by Baker
\nAsimov’s Guide to Shakespeare Volumes 1 and 2
\nPrefaces to Shakespeare by Harley Granville Baker
\nPreface to Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson
\nWill in the World by Stephen Greeblatt
\nShakespeare’s Language by Frank Kermode
\nShakespeare: the World as Stage by Bill Bryson
\nSpeaking Shakespeare by Patsy Rodenberg
\nThe Actor and the Text by Cecily Berry
\nPlaying Shakespeare by John Barton
\nShakespeare’s Variorum editions.<\/p>\n

Film and Television:<\/span>
\nIn Search of Shakespeare by Michael Wood (BBC)
\nPlaying Shakespeare by John Barton and CO. (BBC)
\nWorking Shakespeare with Cicely Berry
\nMonarchy (BBC)<\/p>\n

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