Life in Shakespeare’s England
Preface J. Dover Wilson England and the English (Richard II, Henry V etc.) England, the English, birth and rank, snobbery, English women Part One: Shakespeare’s Youth, Stratford, 1564-86 Born 1564: son of a farmer and shopkeeper of Stratford-upon-Avon: probably attends the free grammar school of the town The Countryside Midsummer Night’s Dream, induction to The …