The King & The Playwright: A Jacobean History

This three-part series serves as a critical essay by renowned American scholar James Shapiro as he re-examines the works of Shakespeare during the troubled first decade of the reign of King James, at a time when the playwright's works were dark and complex. Shapiro argues that the decade - sandwiched between the high romance of Elizabeth and the cataclysm of the Civil War - produced many of the high points of English culture, from Jacobean theatre to the King James Bible while also marking the beginnings of the modern British state. … MORE