Medieval & Early Modern
Shakespeare's environment
C. C. Stopes · narrated by Moss
2026
14h 26m
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C. C. Stopes reconstructs the world that shaped Shakespeare, the Elizabethan streets, patrons, players, and politics that surrounded the playwright. Drawing on original records, she sets the man against his true background. A rewarding read for anyone who wants to understand the age that produced the greatest dramatist in English.
Inside this audiobook
34 chapters
- 1PREFACE9m
- 2I INTRODUCTORY THE FORTUNES OF SHAKESPEARE24m
- 3II SHAKESPEARE’S AUNTS AND THE SNITTERFIELD PROPERTY1h 5m
- 4III SHAKESPEARE AND ASBIES A NEW DETAIL IN JOHN’S LIFE26m
- 5IV MARY ARDEN’S ARMS18m
- 6V STRATFORD’S “BOOKLESS NEIGHBOURHOOD”17m
- 7VII JOHN SHAKESPEARE, OF INGON, AND GILBERT, OF ST. BRIDGETS11m
- 8VIII HENRY SHAKESPEARE’S DEATH14m
- 9IX “MRS. SHAXSPERE” IN THE LAW COURTS4m
- 10X “HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS” IN WARWICKSHIRE PILLERTON REGISTERS18m
- 11XI SHAKESPEARE AND THE WELCOMBE ENCLOSURES A NEW DETAIL IN HIS LIFE23m
- 12XII OTHER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES35m
- 13XIII THE TRUE STORY OF THE STRATFORD BUST53m
- 14XIV SIXTEENTH CENTURY LOCKS AND WEIRS ON THE THAMES29m
- 15XV THE FRIENDS IN SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS1h 1m
- 16XVI WILLIAM HUNNIS, GENTLEMAN OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL37m
- 17XVII BURBAGE’S “THEATRE”44m
- 18XVIII THE TRANSPORTATION OF BURBAGE’S “THEATRE”32m
- 19XIX EARLY PICCADILLY24m
- 20XX LITERARY EXPENSES IN ST. MARGARET’S, WESTMINSTER, 1530-161027m
- 21XXI OLD WORKINGS AT TINTERN ABBEY8m
- 22XXII “MR. SHAKSPEARE ABOUT MY LORDE’S IMPRESO”15m
- 23XXIII “THE QUEEN’S PLAYERS” IN 15366m
- 24XXIV MARY’S CHAPEL ROYAL AND HER CORONATION PLAY23m
- 25XXV SIR ANDREW DUDLEY AND LADY MARGARET CLIFFORD, 155326m
- 26XXVI JANE, THE QUEEN’S FOOL29m
- 27XXVII ELIZABETH’S FOOLS AND DWARFS13m
- 28XXVIII THE ROLL OF COVENTRY THE ARREST OF PRINCE HENRY26m
- 29XXIX THE STRATFORD POET24m
- 30XXX SIXTEENTH CENTURY WOMEN STUDENTS59m
- 31Note to Article VII “ADOLESCENS” AND “ADOLOCENTULA” IN STRATFORD-ON-AVON REGISTER; IN RELATION TO GILBERT SHAKESPEARE14m
- 32Note to Article XI (1) WILLIAM COMBE AND THE PROPOSED WELCOMBE ENCLOSURES, 1614-1921m
- 33Note to Article XI (2) FIRES AND THATCH IN STRATFORD9m
- 34Note to Article XIII SHAKSPEARE’S BUST AT STRATFORD ITS RESTORATION IN 174922m
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