To accompany Matt's series exploring Shakespeare's life before the theatre, here's the bibliography of texts, web pages and articles used and referenced.
General Series Reference
In Search of Shakespeare, Michael Wood, 2003, ISBN 0-563-53477
Shakespeare the Biography, Peter Ackroyd, 2005, ISBN 9780749386559
Shakespeare: A Life, Park Honan, 1998, ISBN 0-19-811792-2
Shakespeare The Man, AL Rowse, 1973, pub. Western Printing Services Ltd
Shakespeare, Bill Bryson, 2007, ISBN 978-0-00-732523-8
A Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England, Ian Mortimer, 2013, ISBN 9780099542070
https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/concordance/
Quotes from plays taken from Penguin and Arden editions
Episode specific references:
Episode 1
The Shakespeare Conspiracy, Grahem Phillips & Martin Keatman, 1994, ISBN 0-7126-5883-1
Episode 2 & 3 - Home Life and Parents
Shakespeare's Wife, Germaine Greer, 2007, ISBN 978-0-74750-9300-3
Episode 4 - Entertainments
Ungentle Shakespeare, Katherine Duncan-Jones, 2001, ISBN 1-0903436-26-5
Episode 6 - The Natural World
A Shakespeare Botanical, Margaret Wills, 2015, ISBN 978-1-85124-437-9
Botanical Shakespeare, Gerit Quealy, 2017, ISBN 978-0-06-246989-2
The Landscape of William Shakespeare, Michael Justin Davis, 1987, ISBN 0-866350-103-6
Episode 7 - Lost Years
Sergeant Shakespeare, Duff Cooper, 1949, p.Rupert Hart-Davis
Episode 8
Shakespeare & Co, Stanley Wells, 2006, ISBN 978-0-141-01713-6
Shakespeare's Opposites, Andrew Gurr, 2009, ISBN 978-1-107-66943-7
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/mar/14/who-wrote-shakespeare-james-shapiro
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/oct/16/loves-labours-lost-loves-labours-won-sense
