Notices Illustrative of the Drama and Other Popular Amusements, Chiefly in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Incidentally Illustrating Shakespe

Publisher Marketing: Title: Notices illustrative of the drama and other popular amusements, chiefly in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, incidentally illustrating Shakespeare and his contemporaries; extracted from the Chamberlain's accounts and other manuscripts of the borough of Leicester. With an introduction and notes by W. Kelly. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Kelly, William; Shakespeare, William; 1865. viii. 310 p.; 8 . 10358.g.27. Contributor Bio:  Kelly, William The author has almost 20 years in the Drug and Alcohol field. He has set up and maintains several successful labor based Member Assistance Programs, programs dedicated to assiting union and non union workers and their families suffering from the disease of Chemical Dependency and other mental health illnesses. He has a BS in Labor Studies and an MBA in Human Resources Administration and is currently the Program Director for a large union organization bsased in New York City. He is married to the same woman for 37 years, is 60 years of age, the father of 3 and the grandfather of 7. Contributor Bio:  Shakespeare, William William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father, John Shakespeare, was a store owner and a farmer, and at one point, also served as the town's mayor. William was the third of eight children. He was married to Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than himself. They had three children: Susanna (1583), and twins Hamnet and Judith (1585). Shakespeare wrote 36 plays, 154 Sonnets and two narrative poems. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried at Trinity Church in Stratford, England.