| Hamlet's Dresser Library Edition Contributor(s): Smith, Bob (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786190671 ISBN-13: 9780786190676 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: Bob Smith grew up in a town named for Shakespeare's birthplace. Stratford, Connecticut. His troubled childhood was spent in a struggle to help his devastated parents care for his severely retarded sister. But at age ten, Smith stumbled onto a line from The Merchant of Venice: "In sooth I know not why I am so sad." In the language of Shakespeare, he had found a window through which to view the world. When he was a teenager, the American Shakespeare Festival moved into stratford, and Smith became Hamlet's dresser. As he watched the plays from backstage, his life's passion took shape. Here, in tender and lyrical prose, Smith tells the story of a life shaped by poetry. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Performing Arts | Theater - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.56" W x 4.94" (0.19 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: Here, in gorgeous, tender, and lyrical prose, Smith tells the story of a life shaped by Shakespeare's poetry. Melding tragedy and comedy, he gracefully weaves together the stories of his bittersweet childhood, his struggle to help his parents care for his handicapped sister, his early experience as Hamlet's dresser for the Shakespeare festival, his poignant experiences teaching Shakespeare to seniors, and dozens of illuminating scenes from Shakespeare's plays. Hamlet's Dresser is a redemptive memoir of a man made whole by art and an intimate encounter with the plays and sonnets that will make readers fall in love with Shakespeare again, or for the first time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Bob: - Bob Smith has devoted his life to teaching and directing Shakespeare, working with college students, famous actors, and the elderly. He recently moved back to Stratford, Connecticut, where he was born. |