While Shakespeare Slept

While Shakespeare Slept

While Shakespeare Slept

While Shakespeare Slept

Overview

William Shakespeare, a budding playwright, decides to give up his career and settle down to a good, steady job as a stable hand. His employer, Mistress Ford, assures him he's made a wise move, but young Will isn't so sure. Sleep at the inn proves a nightmare. His dreams are continually disturbed by the heroines from his unwritten plays, each demanding a right to exist: Juliet, Rosalind, Lady Macbeth, Kate, and Cleopatra. In time, Will is convinced that no life but that of a writer is for him. The innkeeper, unimpressed, writes him off: That William Shakespeare...he'll never amount to much.

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Authors

Tim Kelly

Kelly was born in Saugus, Massachusetts on October 2, 1932. He graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor's degree and received a masters degree in play-writing from Yale University. His first stage play was Widow's Walk, published in the 1960s. At the same time, three of ...
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