Shakespeare Magazine 9
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Interview: Paul Edmondson <br />
Man<br />
and<br />
Myth<br />
Paul Edmondson of the <strong>Shakespeare</strong> Birthplace Trust is the<br />
author of , an eminently readable<br />
introduction to the Bard. We met Paul in Stratford-upon-<br />
<br />
centuries-old facts of <strong>Shakespeare</strong>’s life.<br />
Interview by Pat Reid<br />
<br />
At one point, Paul, you had<br />
no less than five <strong>Shakespeare</strong><br />
books in the pipeline. Let’s talk<br />
about just one…<br />
“<strong>Shakespeare</strong>: Ideas in Profile is<br />
published by Profile Books, who<br />
published Eats, Shoots & Leaves. It’s<br />
a book about <strong>Shakespeare</strong> for the<br />
general reader, it’s about 40,000<br />
words long, and it’s divided into six<br />
chapters. The first is biographical, it’s<br />
called ‘What was his life like?’ The<br />
second chapter is ‘How did he write?’<br />
The third chapter is ‘What did he<br />
write?’ The fourth chapter is called<br />
‘The Power of <strong>Shakespeare</strong>’, and puts<br />
over some of the great themes to be<br />
found in the works. The fifth chapter<br />
is called ‘Encountering <strong>Shakespeare</strong>’,<br />
which considers things like theatre<br />
reviewing and how we might do it,<br />
reading <strong>Shakespeare</strong> aloud, thinking<br />
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SHAKESPEARE magazine 39
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