Very little is known about the Life of William Shakespeare; indeed, it is partly because we know so little about him that his achievements in his 'afterlife' have become as important as his achievements during his lifetime. In this remarkable new biography, distinguished Shakespeare scholar and threatre critic Lois Potter explores what Shakespeare might have remembered, what other people have remembered about his work, and what and why we remember it now. Potter's critical biography also pays particular attention to literary and historical contexts often neglected in other studies: who Shakespeare worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various kinds of collaboration may have affected his writing. The result is a unique and wide-ranging study of the life and work of the great poet-dramatist.
