Chapter I: Front Matter

SHAKESPEARE

THE PILGRIM BOOKS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

THE PILGRIM BOOKS

_General Editor_--

S. L. BENSUSAN

1. SHAKESPEARE
2. LAMB
3. WORDSWORTH

_Others in Preparation_

=THE ELY PALACE PORTRAIT AT SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE=

WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE

HIS HOMES AND HAUNTS

BY
S.L. BENSUSAN

WITH TWELVE DRAWINGS IN CRAYON BY
A. FORRESTIER
AND FOUR PORTRAITS

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
AND EDINBURGH

HUNC LIBELLUM

REVERENDISSIMO

M. GASTER, PH.D.

VIRO ERUDITISSIMO

PRAECEPTORI PERITISSIMO

AMICO FIDELISSIMO

MAGNA CUM REVERENTIA

D.D.D.

OLIM DICIPULUS

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. STRATFORD-ON-AVON 1

II. THE POET'S YOUTH 8

III. NATURE ROUND STRATFORD AND SHOTTERY 15

IV. FIRST DAYS IN LONDON 20

V. SHAKESPEARE'S LONDON 24

VI. THE STAGE IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY 28

VII. SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY PLAYS 35

VIII. THE ELIZABETHAN TAVERNS 41

IX. THE MIDDLE PERIOD 46

X. THE LATEST PLAYS 50

XI. BACK AGAIN IN STRATFORD 55

XII. THE POET'S DOMESTIC LIFE 64

XIII. STRATFORD AS IT WAS 72

XIV. THE CLOSE OF LIFE 81

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE ELY PORTRAIT AT SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE _Frontispiece_

THE HOME OF JOHN SHAKESPEARE, SNITTERFIELD _Facing p._ 4

ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE--INTERIOR " 12

MARY ARDEN'S COTTAGE " 16

THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON " 20

ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE " 24

GUILD CHAPEL AND SCHOOL " 28

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH AND THE AVON, STRATFORD " 32

BEN JONSON " 36

CHARLECOTE HALL " 40

INTERIOR OF ST. SAVIOUR'S AT SOUTHWARK " 44

THE FIRST GLOBE THEATRE " 48

MICHAEL DRAYTON " 52

THE MERMAID INN " 64

SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE, STRATFORD-ON-AVON " 72

SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE, STRATFORD-ON-AVON " 80