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The very age and body of the time': Shakespeare's world

Title
The very age and body of the time': Shakespeare's world
Description
This exhibition explores the world in which Shakespeare lived and worked. We feature the types of implements he would have used to write his plays and poems and look at the workings of the London book trade in his day. We examine the political and religious background of Elizabethan and Jacobean England and the literary sources upon which Shakespeare drew.
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King’s College London Libraries and Collections LogoKing’s College London Libraries and Collections
Type
Online Exhibition
Date
2022
Subject
Cultural History
Geographical Area
Britain and Ireland
Droeshuot’s portrait of William Shakespeare. From: Israel Gollancz. A book of homage to Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1916 [Miscellaneous Collection FOL. PR2925 G58]
Droeshuot’s portrait of William Shakespeare. From: Israel Gollancz. A book of homage to Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1916 [Miscellaneous Collection FOL. PR2925 G58]
Droeshuot’s portrait of William Shakespeare. From: Israel Gollancz. A book of homage to Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1916 [Miscellaneous Collection FOL. PR2925 G58]