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This ground-breaking book provides an abundance of fresh insights into Shakespeare's life in relation to his lost family home, New Place. The findings of a major archaeological excavation encourage us to think again about what New Place meant to Shakespeare and, in so doing, challenge some of the long-held assumptions of Shakespearian biography. New Place was the largest house in the borough and the only one with a courtyard. Shakespeare was only ever an intermittent lodger in London. His impressive home gave Shakespeare significant social status and was crucial to his relationship with Stratford-upon-Avon.
Archaeology helps to inform biography in this innovative and refreshing study which presents an overview of the site from prehistoric times through to a richly nuanced reconstruction of New Place when Shakespeare and his family lived there, and beyond. This attractively illustrated book is for anyone with a passion for archaeology or Shakespeare.
Contents
Foreword - Michael Wood
Introduction: finding Shakespeare's New Place - Paul Edmondson, Kevin Colls and William Mitchell
1. Ancient beginnings: the site of New Place from the prehistoric to the early medieval period - William Mitchell and Kevin Colls
2. The origins of New Place: Hugh Clopton's 'grete house' of c.1483 - William Mitchell and Kevin Colls
3. Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-96 - Paul Edmondson
4. Shakespeare and New Place 1597-1616 and later occupants to 1677 - Paul Edmondson
5. A reconstruction of Shakespeare's New Place - Kevin Colls, William Mitchell and Paul Edmondson
6. After Shakespeare: New Place from 1677 to 1759 - Kevin Colls and William Mitchell
7. The archaeologies of New Place - Kevin Colls and William Mitchell
Closing remarks - Paul Edmondson, Kevin Colls and William Mitchell
Glossary of archaeological and architectural terms - William Mitchell and Kevin Colls
The Dig for Shakespeare Academic Advisory Board archaeologists and volunteers
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