TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson, Dover John 
TI  - Life in shakespear’s England 
SN  - (pbk)
U1  - 820.8 
PY  - 1944///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Life--Shakespear’s--England
N1  - I • ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH  
_Richard II, Henry V, etc._  
England, the English, birth and rank, snobbery, English women ................................................... 17  
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*Part One*  

SHAKESPEARE’S YOUTH, STRATFORD 1564–86  
Born 1564: son of a farmer and shopkeeper of Stratford-on-Avon: probably attends the free grammar school of the town  

II • THE COUNTRYSIDE  
_Midsummer Night’s Dream, Induction to the Taming of the Shrew, As You Like it, Winter’s Tale_  

1. COUNTRY-FOLK ................................................... 28  
A country gentleman, a franklin, a farmer, a milkmaid, a shepherd  

2. SPORT ............................................................... 35  
Hunting, football, bowling, a cock-fight, a local play  

3. FESTIVAL .......................................................... 42  
Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, May Day, Robin Hood, the Lord of Misrule  

III • SUPERSTITION  
_Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Cæsar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, The Tempest_  

1. THE NATURE OF SUPERSTITION ......................... 51

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