Prefixed to Rowe’s 1709 edition of the plays, this short life gathered the stories that have followed Shakespeare ever since: the deer-poaching at Charlecote, the flight to London, the friendship with Ben Jonson. This Augustan Reprint Society edition adds a modern introduction on the importance of Rowe’s edition.
The fountainhead of Shakespeare biography, essential for anyone curious where the legends began. Download the free EPUB.