Rival Playwrights

by James Shapiro

Rival Playwrights

Genres: History, Theatre

203 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

A specialist in Shakespeare and the Early Modern period, James S. Shapiro is Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1985. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Public Library Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and the American Academy in Berlin. In 2011, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He currently serves as a Shakespeare Scholar in Residence at the Public Theater in New York City.

Reviews

[Nathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was rough for me. It has tons of good info, but the book itself is a bit dry and a slog. It was especially tough after reading another of his, 1599, which I just finished. That was rich and wonderful and this one was a bit dry and hard to read.