Will Shakespeare

by John Mortimer

Will The Untold Story by Mortimer, John

Genres: Shakespeare, Historical Fiction, Novels, Fiction, British Literature, Literature

256 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1977

About the author

John Clifford Mortimer was a novelist, playwright and former practising barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels, Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets, featuring Leslie Titmuss - a character as brilliant as Rumpole. John Mortimer received a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.

Series:
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rapstone Chronicles

Reviews

[I. Merey]

Seldom do I write a review before I finish a book, but how tf does this one have such a low rating?! It's delightful. Mortimer captures how I picture Shakespeare's England, at least: bawdy, disgusting, fun, dangerous, and the prose and voice is *mwuah*. An aged actor who was once one of the finest girlboy talents to play in the Globe recalls the theater's glory days and I love the spin the author puts on Shakespeare's and the Earl of Southhampton's relationship. [I think reading this in Hungarian translation puts an extra zest on everything. :>]

[Nima]

Finished this in the days before the start of the Israel-Iran war. It became one of the most influential books of my life, and an incredibly fun read.

[Cheri Edwards]

The version I own is a paperback(1977).There is / was a tv special based on the book, because it has photos of Tim Curry as Shakespeare......I love Tim Curry....great actor.