The Shakespeare Ladies Club
The Forgotten Women Who Rescued the Bawdy Bard
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2025
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-2744-9 (ISBN)
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-2744-9 (ISBN)
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The story of the women who saved William Shakespeare from obscurity.
Following Shakespeare’s death in 1616, a group of women were crucial in ensuring the work of the Bard was not forgotten. This was the Shakespeare Ladies Club.
Formed in 1736 the club was a quartet of ‘Women of Quality’; three from the aristocracy and one a writer who ran a stationery shop, all educated and so enraptured by the plays of William Shakespeare that they met to read and discuss his transcendent genius. Not content with these sessions, they used their power and influence to successfully campaign for a statue of their literary idol to be placed in Westminster Abbey – shamefully to this day their efforts remain overlooked, as credit for the statue is still given to a group of men.
These women put their considerable wealth behind their lobbying for more Shakespeare plays; they convinced theatre managers to put on the original versions by promising to underwrite any financial losses. They also had to overcome a post-Puritan, prudish culture that believed theatre to be immoral and no place for respectable women.
After nearly 300 years, this book finally tells their remarkable story.
Following Shakespeare’s death in 1616, a group of women were crucial in ensuring the work of the Bard was not forgotten. This was the Shakespeare Ladies Club.
Formed in 1736 the club was a quartet of ‘Women of Quality’; three from the aristocracy and one a writer who ran a stationery shop, all educated and so enraptured by the plays of William Shakespeare that they met to read and discuss his transcendent genius. Not content with these sessions, they used their power and influence to successfully campaign for a statue of their literary idol to be placed in Westminster Abbey – shamefully to this day their efforts remain overlooked, as credit for the statue is still given to a group of men.
These women put their considerable wealth behind their lobbying for more Shakespeare plays; they convinced theatre managers to put on the original versions by promising to underwrite any financial losses. They also had to overcome a post-Puritan, prudish culture that believed theatre to be immoral and no place for respectable women.
After nearly 300 years, this book finally tells their remarkable story.
Christine and Jonathan Hainsworth have a passion for historical investigation and challenging the ‘conventional wisdom’ regarding famous historical subjects. The husband-and-wife team bring a wealth of life experience to the task. Christine gained insight into societal challenges while working for the Australian government on a program to re-connect lone parents with education and employment. Jonathan, educated in Britain and Australia has over three decades of experience as a high school teacher of Modern and Ancient History and English.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.6.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Chalford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3981-2744-2 / 1398127442 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3981-2744-9 / 9781398127449 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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