Doctor Who - The Shakespeare Notebooks

Product Description

Many people know about William Shakespeares famous encounter with the Doctor at the Globe Theatre in 1599. But what few people know (though many have suspected) is that it was not the first time they met.

Drawn from recently-discovered archives, The Shakespeare Notebooks is the holy grail of Bard scholars: conclusive proof that the Doctor not only appeared throughout Shakespeares life, but had a significant impact on his writing. In these pages youll find early drafts of scenes & notes for characters that never appeared in the plays; discarded lines of dialogue & sonnets; never-before-seen journal entries; & much more.

From the original notes for Hamlet (with a very different appearance by the ghost) & revealing early versions of the faeries of A Midsummer Nights Dream, to strange stage directions revised to remove references to a mysterious blue box, The Shakespeare Notebooks is an astonishing document that offers a unique insight into the mind of one of historys most respected & admired figures. & also, of course, William Shakespeare.