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Shakespeare's Strangest Tales

Author: Iain Spragg.

Shakespeare's Strangest Tales

Author: Iain Spragg.

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Item #: D30341
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2016
Publisher: Portico
ISBN: 9781910232903
As entertaining as Shakespeare's plays are, the actors who bring them to the stage have sometimes been party to shenanigans as hilarious and bizarre as anything the Bard ever concocted. Spanning four centuries, the 89 vignettes here include saucy Will cleverly stealing a groupie from an actor, a fatal riot at an 1849 show at the Astor, and a troupe deliberat... More
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As entertaining as Shakespeare's plays are, the actors who bring them to the stage have sometimes been party to shenanigans as hilarious and bizarre as anything the Bard ever concocted. Spanning four centuries, the 89 vignettes here include saucy Will cleverly stealing a groupie from an actor, a fatal riot at an 1849 show at the Astor, and a troupe deliberately sending an inebriated performer onstage each night. Here too are accounts of how Maggie Smith got even with Laurence Olivier, the two U.S. presidents who stole a piece of Shakespeare's chair, and why you must never say the name of that Scottish play—especially if you are Peter O'Toole.


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