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Author Bearman, Robert, author.

Title Shakespeare's money : how much did he make and what did this mean? / Robert Bearman.

Publication Info. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 'Shakespeare's Money' explores what archival records can reveal about Shakespeare's economic and social success, shedding light on how he elevated his family from lowly status to minor gentry and how economic concerns were ever present in his daily life.
Contents Cover; Shakespeare's money: How much did he make and what did this mean?; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Early life; Family background; John Shakespeare's difficulties; Education and marriage; Career choices; Chapter 3: Laying the foundations; Early years in the theatre; A search for patronage?; As a Chamberlain's Man; A freelance writer?; Early residences in London; Chapter 4: Consolidation; The grant of arms; The purchase of New Place; Early business dealings; The property portfolio expands; Further investment, 1602-1605; Shakespeare the gentleman?
Chapter 5: RetrenchmentShakespeare the maltster; The Addenbrooke case; The Stratford tithes; The Welcombe enclosures; Chapter 6: The final count; Shakespeare's income; Shakespeare's status ; The Blackfriars Gatehouse ; Shakespeare's monument ; Chapter 7: Conclusion; Works cited; Index.
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Finance, Personal.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Economics.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Economics.
Finance, Personal.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Other Form: Print version : 9780198759249
ISBN 9780191077050 (electronic bk.)
0191077054 (electronic bk.)
9780191821561
019182156X
9780198759249
019875924X