

After years of ebbing creativity, William Shakespeare found his muse again. : The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 (9781416541653) by Shapiro, James and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books. It also looms close to his home in London. Find items like 1606: William Shakespeare And The Year Of Lear at Daedalus Books. An outbreak of the plague threatens the livelihood of Shakespeare when the theatres are closed.

A reading by Ian McDiarmid of James Shapiro’s book of the same title which is an account of the extraordinary year in which Shakespeare wrote King Lear, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra.
